Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 207
rations in low relief, thereshould be mentioned the decorations of the exteriors ofbuildings by stucco details molded upon a rough coreof rubble or brick, and also the use of stucco for columnsand capitals in place of stone. It is easy to criticizeadversely this substitution of a fragile for a… … Fig. 201.—Pompeii.\n Stucco Relief; from the St.\bian Baths POMPEIIAN ORXAMEXT material in exterior ar-chitecture; but given ascarcity of marble and ofgood building stone withan abundance of soft tufaand of pozzolana forthe making of cement-stucco; given also the ne-cessity of a rapid re-building…
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