Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 108
Figure 11. Tomb of Piero di Medici in Old Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Florence. EARLY RENAISSANCE IN ITALY their own fashion, with dehghtful freedom and variety.Whether in their Corinthianesque capitals or in thedetails of their foliated scrolls or rincemuv andarabesques, it is treated with the same… … Fig. 36.—Acanthus from Sarcophagus of Mae-suppiNi, Saxta Croce, Florence. variety of relief as all the other motives of their carvedornament (Fig. 36). Two of the most notable examplesof the acanthus appear on sarcophagi of tombs. Thefirst (Fig. 36) decorates the tomb of Marsuppini in 61 A HISTORY…
Decoration and ornament
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