Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 376
Minerva. A varietyof mosaic was much used inItaly at different times, theearliest dating from thesixth century, which con-sisted in decorating pulpits,screens, and small altarswith a geometric inlay ofsmall squares and lozengesof gold and coloured tesseraewhich were inserted intogrooves of white… … A.Er.iD JDCJ- Fig. 290.—Geometric Mosaic, Churchof Ara Coeh, Rome. 358 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. The design and style of these works were strongly in-fluenced if not partly copied from the frescoes of Giotto inthe Arena Chapel at Padua. Cavallini also executed in mosaic the celebrated Navi-cella, from the…
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