Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 244
2). Spandrels were commonly incrusted with marble without other ornament, as in St. Mark’s; sometimes mosaic or fresco was used in either pictorial or arabesque patterns (Plate XIII, 2), or surface-carving was executed on the marble incrustation (Fig. 220). The nave of Hagia Sophia shows both of… … Fig. 221. Frieze, St. John Studios, Constantinople. veloped a system of carving by incision, the entire pat¬ tern lying in one plane, so designed that the background formed a series of isolated pits or depressions, the total effect being rich and highly decorative in spite of its flat¬ ness. The…
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