A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 574
nce upon scaleof figures in mural painting is that of the archi-tectural mendiers or architectural ornamentjuxtapo.sed to the ]iainted work. The safestmethod for determining scale is to fasten ex-perimentally to the surface to be painted car-toons of figures executed to various scales. Till… … Mural Painting, Pompeii: Ceiling of Baths near the Porte Stabiana. effect is enhanced if certain main lines in thecomposition reecho the form of the entire subject.For fine examples see Rajiliaels lunettes in theVatican Stanze and Del Sartos Madonnadel Sacco. Lines directly contradicting…
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