Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 219
in Figure 103. This unnaturaldetail sometimes tpkes anotherform, as in a capital by Giulianoda San GaDo in the PalazzoGondi, where its edges (Fig.107) are less angular, its surfacegrooved lengthwise, and theupper end is rounded. But what-ever beauty this Italian leafage may have, the design is… … Fig. 106. — Leafage of Brescia. ARCHITECTURAL CARVING 177 compositions, is uniformly weak and characterless. This hasbeen already noticed (p. 170) in the work of the Lombardi.It is equally marked in all other neo-classic representations of imaginary creatures. The south- _^^ ^_ ^ ern genius appears…
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