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| | Thoros Roslin |
 | | Thus, the mysterious depth of the sky blue background of the Ascension (The Zeitoun Four Gospels, 1268), as a unique, ‘pure’ color of the spring dawn, autonomously from the text, refers to the ascent of Christianity. |
 | | Roslin uses the elements of linear and tonal perspective representation not so often and only for inanimate objects, interior, landscape, etc. |
 | | However, prudently refusing to implement the method on figures of people and saints, Roslin justifies the abstraction by the concept of selectivity of vision. |
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