Geschichte der spanischen malerei
A 1922 art-historical survey of Spanish painting by August L. Mayer, published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann, written for students and readers of art history. Its plates are black-and-white reproductions of religious panels and altarpieces, rotated or scanned at odd angles in places, showing the Lamentation, the Virgin enthroned with donors and saints, and an Adoration of the Shepherds by Pablo Legote. For a designer they offer dense, dramatic compositions of figures grouped around a central sacred scene, with strong contrast between dark backgrounds and pale draped robes.
