A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 54
MOSAIC were commonly used, and various positive colors, red and vellow, were got by the use of fine hard brick. The magnificent mosaic representing Alexander and Darius in the battle of Arbela, which was found in the House of the Faun in … Fig. 130. Part of a mosaic floor, third century a. d. Ruins of Baths of Caracalla, Rome Pompeii and has been relaid in the Museum of Naples, is of the first century B.C. In this a great number of colors are used. The details cannot be absolutely guaranteed, for the work of removal and resetting was…
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