Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 311
in, wiry and dry, technical cleverness and minute detail taking theplace of restraint and vigorof artistic design. The orna-ment oscillates between theextremes of realism and con-ventionalism. This sequenceis illustrated in the threecapitals of Fig. 294. Structural Ornament. Every imjiortant… … Fig. 295. Decorative GableOVER A Window, Cologne, GOTHIC ORNAMENT: STRUCTURAL tails, like the crockets, finials,gablets and tabernacles of pin-nacles and buttresses, or the foli-age and flowers on enriched mold-ings (See Plate XVII). In theDeveloped and Florid Periods,by the operation of a…
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