Creative & imitative art : decoration and ornamentation (1873)
J. T. L. (J. T. Lyon) · Brussels : M. Weissenbruch · leaf 61
auty however perfect ». — Figure 17 is a decorative colossus of Rameses II, shewing that even in a more literal imitation of nature this strict symmetry is maintained. By basso relievo or low relief we mean figures or ornament but slightly relieved from the surface upon which they are cut. This… … perspective view in outline of the remains of a building discovered by Stuart in Thessalonica. « Five Corinthian columns » Stuart writes, « on their pedestals support an entablature over which is an attic adorned with figures in 1 It is more convenient to offer these observations on low relief…
Decoration and ornament · Glass painting and staining
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