Brown, J. Wood (James Wood) · New York, E.P. Dutton and company · leaf 284
red decoration. Therefore it follows thatthe use of dichromy here, in the device of the composite lintel,would naturally belong to the period when sculpture was at itslowest ebb of art and practice, and when builders were therefore 1 The following argument applies of course to Italy alone, where… … M it IIP —- > •• Cordova SAN STEFANO AND THE GHIBELLINES 265 forced to seek some ready and easy substitute for the lost subtle-ties of its light and shade. Now, by common consent, such aperiod of decadence is to be found in the eighth century or thereby.So that towards the close of that period,…
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