A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 287
unsurpassed. Onemodification of tlie .sculpture of the imperialschool is that whic-li is found so abundantamong the stone-built buildings of Syria. Thereis a Greek and also an Oriental influence to befound in tliis, shown es|iccially in Fig. .3, butthere is also a strongly Roman influence shown403… … Sculpture, Fig. !1: French Gothic Cornice;13th Century. has thought the architectural province proper;and supporting members such as pillars, as wellas those less essential to the buildings life, arefound carved into extremely spirited and often,to our eyes, grotescjue forms of…
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