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 40
etroTorrigiano, orPeter Torrisany,as he became onEnglish lips. Tor-rigianos designdeparted widelyfrom English tra-ditions. The lead-ing idea of recum-bent figures upon an altar-tomb was retained—this idea indeedheld the field for another three-quarters of a century—but theold practice of adorning… … -Henry VII.s Tomb. Detail. TOMB OF HENRY VII. 13 of arms (Fig. 2), was abandoned ; and instead of the restrainedarchitectural treatment of the English tradition, where thefigures were soli-tary, and everyfold of draperyharmonised withthe main archi-tectural mem-bers, Torrigianogave us the…
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