A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 288
PTURE sculpture, in what \vv consider perishablematerials, is practically everhisting if it is caredfor. The temples and palaces of .Japan arebuilt of wood, and the sculpture is of panelscarved in relief or often jjierced, the carvingshowing on both sides relieved partly againstHat background and… … Sculpture, Fig. 14: Canopy of the BishopsThrone; Ancient Carved Oak Stalls;Cathedral of Palermo. will not reach them easily, and they are, further-more, protected by different appliances whichthe extraordinary skill and patient care of theJapanese workmen have taught them to use ;but the sculptures…
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