A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 575
luence ujion scaleof figures in mural painting is that of tiie archi-tectural membeis or architectural ornanuntjuxtaposed to the painted work. The safestmethod for determining scale is to fasten ex-perimentally to the surface to Ix jMiinte<l car-toons of figures executed to various 8culc«. The… … McKAi, Patntino, Pompeii: Ckilino effect is enham-efl if certain main lines in thecomposition reiidio tlie form of the entire snlyeet.For fine examples see Kapliacls lunette-s in tiieVatican Stanze and Del Sartos Ma<lonnadel Sarco. Lines directly contradicting thesurrounding forms are also…
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