Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 405
tracery strangely modified or travestied,were apx^lied to buildings wholly Italian in design, with-out reference to the principles underlying the design and 377 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT use of these details in the West (Figure 387). Eachbuilding was conceived of as a walled enclosure—some-times… … Fig. 389. Detail from Portal of Cathedral, Lucca: Car\t;d Rinceau AXD Marble Ixlay. the church behind it; it was a screen, a surface to beornamented like a frontispiece (Figure 388). Theflanks might or might not be similarly adorned. Theinterior provided areas for mural paintings. The ma-terials…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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