The church in the catacombs : a description of the primitive church of Rome : illustrated by its sepulchral remains . information is every where observable : the ark isa mere box, provided with lid and lock; the familyof the Patriarch reduced to a single figure, and theanimals are altogether omitted. If we explore the. entire school of art of the fourth century, we shallfind but little variation in the treatment of the 250 THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIAN ART. subject: the execution progresses from bad toworse, but the absurdities are stereotyped. Theartist, in a desperate attempt to evade the charge o
The church in the catacombs : a description of the primitive church of Rome : illustrated by its sepulchral remains . information is every where observable : the ark isa mere box, provided with lid and lock; the familyof the Patriarch reduced to a single figure, and theanimals are altogether omitted. If we explore the. entire school of art of the fourth century, we shallfind but little variation in the treatment of the 250 THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIAN ART. subject: the execution progresses from bad toworse, but the absurdities are stereotyped. Theartist, in a desperate attempt to evade the charge ofdirect copyism, resolves upon a change of position:
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