Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 234
te or like coarsermaterial. The chiefdifference, structur-ally, was in the useof the dome on pen-dentives in place offfroined vaulting * ^^°- ~^^* ^^^^^^ from Spalato. and decoratively, in an entirely new and original treat-ment of detail. For the classic Roman play of lightand shade by means of… … A HISTORY OF ORNAJNIENT pressing all avoidable projections and recessings. INIar-ble incrustations and pavements were used with evengreater splendor than in Rome, and all vaults coveredwith superb mosaics, or, when means were lacking forthe more splendid adornment, with pictures in fresco…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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