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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 363

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Fig. 344. Cornice Molding, fkoji Norrey. high hollow or cavetto between convex moldings aboveand below (Figs. 343-346). In the series shown in 335 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT these figures we may trace the progress of the treatmentfrom conventional through naturahstic carving to theweaker conventionahsm… … rrTir-TTf--■ i • ■•■--•■-■^^« ■a Fh,. .il.j. (>AK J.l.Ah .MnlUlM,, SaI.NH. (^ maim;!.IK, I*ARIS. • naturalistic fasliion in the hollow moldings, as in the ex-ample from the porch of Troves Cathedral in PlateXVIII, 15. A more conventional rendering of foliageis seen in the example from St. Urbain…

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