Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical & descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan & Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1901)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 354
167.—Pendants of Plaster Ceilings. SIMPLICITY OF ORNAMENT. hardly anywhere, indeed, can two designs be found which areexactly alike. Besides heraldic ornament, there was a certain amount ofmodelled figure subjects of the usual kind—allegorical, mytho-logical, and scriptural; but English plasterers… … 168.—Examples of Plaster Friezes from Montacute, Audley End, andCharlton House, Wiltshire. one of general richness which did not demand minute investi-gation—such as, for instance, is necessary to appreciate one ofVerrios painted ceilings—and yet which repaid such scrutinyif subjected to it. Most…
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