Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 239
ate XII, 2). Spandrels were commonlyincrusted with marble without other ornament, as in St.Marks; sometimes mosaic or fresco was used in eitherpictorial or arabesque patterns (Plate XIII, 2), orsurface-carving was executed on the marble incrustation(Fig. 220). The nave of Hagia Sophia shows botliof… … FiG. 221. Frieze, St. Johx Studios, Coxstaxtixople. veloped a system of carving by incision, the entire pat-tern lying in one plane, so designed that the backgroundformed a series of isolated pits or depressions, the totaleffect being rich and highly decorative in spite of its flat-ness. The…
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