Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 215
tiresome arabesques that werepainted on the walls of Pompeian houses. The arrangements, as well as the treatment, of the detailsdrawn from plant life that are associated with this style ofdesign are often most artificial and inorganic, as in the pulpitof Santa Croce before mentioned, where on the… … Fig, ioo. — Console of pulpit in Santa Croce. composed details are unknown in the pure Gothic art which themen of the Renaissance thought so barbaric. The introductionof objects like the singular cornucopia and the ribbon of thisdesign is common in Renaissance ornamentation. Withoutaffirming that…
Architecture, Renaissance
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