Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 191
Y OF ORNAMENT more complex and varied forms, such as combinationsof rectangles, crosses, T-forms and their derivatives,forming a definite pattern for the whole ceiling, usuallyabout a large central panel (see antej Figs. 63, 64; alsoFigs. 96, 97). The entire ceiling was treated as a… … Fig. 97.—Half-Plak of a Church Ceilixg in Venice. (Figure 19). This was in a sense more honest thanthe former practice of uniform geometric coffering,which simulated—like the Greek stone cofferings ofpteroma ceilings—a non-existent construction of inter-secting wooden beams. All these ceilings,…
Decoration and ornament
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