Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 680
N. retablos), though leadmg to an extensive activity, greatly impairedthe thoroughness of execution. The Spanish designers had no un-derstand^ of that organic connection which should be maintainedbetween architecture and sculpture, and the numerous embellish-ments introduced by them could not… … Fig- 397-—Funeral Monument of King Juan II. and his Wife in the CarthusianConvent of Miraflores. richness of effect,—depth of expression and faithfulness in detailsbeing sacrificed without scruple. The Oriental delight in elabo-rate ornamentation is everywhere apparent,—the whimsical and…
Art, Medieval
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