Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 127
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… … Fig. 60.—Flat Relief Ornamekt, Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Vekice. away at the edges into the background. Thus the de-sign shows its salient masses at a distance, and the lesserfeatures come into view progressively as one comesnearer; while the contrasts of low and medium and highrelief produce an…
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