Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 311
d on thepanels. De Cotte, the elder Oppenord, Girardon andBerain were among the leading designers of this, themost purely French of all the French phases of deco-rative art. Ceilings were coved and finished in richly moldedplaster (Fig. 171), with decorative paintings filling thelarger spaces. The… … Fig. 171.—Ceiling Cove, Versailles. RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE, II cent Galerie dApollon in the Louvre. The chimney-piece and chimney-breast were flattened closer to thewall. The painting of arabesques in a manner derivedfrom the Italian but more solid and massive in effectwas frequently resorted to.…
Decoration and ornament
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