Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 122
EARLY RENAISSANCE IN ITALY and 53 and Figure 12, The motive thus originating insymbolism soon passed into purely decorative use asa pure ornament. There is no sharp distinction between … Fig. 53.—Festoox, Base of Pilaster in Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice. those of the Quattrocento and of the early Cinquecento. The beautiful isolated swags on tombs by Sansovino in Sta. Maria del Popolo at Rome and on the screen in the Sistine Chapel have all the charm of the early Renaissance…
Decoration and ornament
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