A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 491
s); Japan, Architecture of.) TORCH. In architectural decoration, anemblem founded upon sculptured representa-tions; in Greco-Roman work, usually, of a bundleof strips held together by occasional withes orbands. This feature is generally repeatedwithout a clear understanding of its signifi-cance.… … Torch Holder ; Bronze, 15th Centukv ; Palazzo DEL MaGNIFICO, SiENA. TORELLI, GIACOMO ; painter and archi-tect; b. 1608; d. IG78.833 TORREGIANO Torelli was especially associated with therapid development of the construction and
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