Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 126
5, 6, 7,^^ and the human torso ending in acanthus leaves(Fig. 59; PL IV., 9). Both Ruskin in his Stones of Venice and Moore in his Character ofRenaissance Architecture inveigh against the Renaissance grotesques.Ruskin calls them ignoble; each selects as evidence for his condemnationa single… … Fig. 59.- -Grotesque, Palazzo del Mag- KIFICO, SlEXNA. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT Treatment of Relief. In nearly all the early Renaissance work the reliefis handled with remarkable delicacy and charm of effect.Certain details are carved in moderately high relief,with rounded masses producing emphatic…
Decoration and ornament
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