Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 440
f the Chur-rigueresque absurd shatter-ing and confusion of detail.It is theatrical, extravagant,but artistically consistent.The Belvedere and Schwarz-enberg palaces at Vienna show something of the same Rococo detail, but in amore sober fashion and with more of the ItalianBaroque spirit. A singular… … Fig. 249.—German Tower-Toppings. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT even when the main mass of the tower is sober orelegant. Many of these decorative spires are bulbouswith turnip-shaped silhouettes that suggest Russiarather than western Europe; or that look more likeexaggerated finials to chair-posts or…
Decoration and ornament
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