Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 · New York, S. Hess · leaf 27
old town of Neuss. The work was to be executed in fresco, amethod never practised in Germany to any great extent, and now long disused. The architecture that prevailed in the countries north of the Alps, and which was marked by largewindows and correspondingly small wall-spaces—a style naturally… … APOLLO AND THE HOURS. FROM A FRESCO BY PETER VON CORNELIUS. native, but imposed, and never successful, the ^tyle of building that had naturally developeditself was characterized by few windows and small, since what was needed was, to keep outthe light and heat of the long summers. This was the…
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