Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 258
asoof Como, he executed a sculptured reredos in the churchof the Celestins. But until the 16th century was several years old theforeign fashion made but slow headway against thenational style, the Flamboyant Gothic, which con-tinued to prevail in ecclesiastical work generally, andwith diminishing… … Fig. 138.—Corbel from Verneuil. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT with Charles VIII and Louis XII made no perceptibleimpression on French architecture in general. Butthey at least taught the French carvers—the tailleursde pierre—to execute scrolls and arabesques in theItalian or antique manner, as in certain…
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