Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 103
then contracting in a graceful curve, the lower partoften swathed in acanthus leaves andsj^ringing from a spreading acanthusnest. In very slender form it appearsin the central stem of pilaster ara-besques; in more massive form it isused for actual supports such as mul-lions or even columns (see… … Fig. 33.—StandardOF Holy WaterFont, B a d i a FlESOLANA. Arches and Spandrels. The Quattrocento treated archeswith great freedom, using the classicbanded archivolt only in the moremonumental forms of architecture (Fig. 20), and notalways then. In Tuscany, at least in Florence andSienna, the…
Decoration and ornament
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