Compositions artistiques
Compositions artistiques is a set of sepia-toned engraved plates of saints' martyrdoms and devotional scenes, drawn by Filippo Bigioli and engraved by Giovanni Wenzel, published in Rome by Romualdo Gentilucci in 1843 for Catholic devotional readers. The plates show robed figures in tight groups within stone architecture, with dramatic gestures, raised arms and clouds of light, giving a designer clear examples of staging crowds and directing a viewer's eye through a single sacred moment.
