Die Kunst der Frührenaissance in Italien
A 1923 Berlin art history survey of Early Renaissance painting and sculpture in Italy by Wilhelm von Bode, illustrated with black-and-white plates of frescoes, altarpieces and interiors for readers of art history. The plates show a seated enthroned Madonna surrounded by saints and angels, a painted saint standing in a niche, a grand chapel interior with a ceiling fresco, and a pair of carved relief panels with heads and draped figures. A designer could take from them the crowded symmetrical compositions, the arched architectural frames, and the dense tonal modelling of figures in grisaille.
