No. 83. Painted Ceiling in the Castello San Angelo, Rome, by Giulio Romano, from a drawing by Miss Dora Bard, Goldsmiths’ College School of Art.
No. 84. Painted Decoration in the collonade of the Villa Papa Giulio, Rome, showing Pompeian influence, from a drawing by C. E. Bernard, Goldsmiths’ College School of Art.
No. 84. Painted Decoration in the collonade of the Villa Papa Giulio, Rome, showing Pompeian influence, from a drawing by C. E. Bernard, Goldsmiths’ College School of Art.
No. 85. Ceiling-Painting from the Castello San Angelo, Rome, reminiscent of Graeco-Roman work, from a drawing by C. E. Bernard, Goldsmiths’ College School of Art.
Mosaics were in vogue in Italy to the twelfth century, when painted decoration came into favour, and notable in the exploitation of this latter phase was the school of Giotto in the early part of the fourteenth century.
Vaultings and spandrils were covered with painted subjects, strongly framed by ornamental borders, which served to strengthen the sense of construction in reinforcing the dividing ribs.