Monumentality

His work becomes darker, revealing a fearsome monumentality.

The art of this period combines Insular and "barbarian" influences with a strong Byzantine influence and an aspiration to recover classical monumentality and poise.

The influence of Holbein's "monumentality and attention to texture" has been detected in Eworths' work.

Walls of Romanesque and Gothic churches were decorated with frescoes as well as sculpture and many of the few remaining murals have great intensity, and combine the decorative energy of Insular art with a new monumentality in the treatment of figures.