Italian wall decorations of the 15th and 16th centuries : A handbook to the models, illustrating interiors of Italian buildings, in the Victoria and Albert museum, South Kensington (1901)
Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 115
decorated, but up to this pointall is uncoloured. The central bay is covered witha dome, semicircular in sectionthrough the pendentives, that isdiagonally across the bay. Thegreater part of the ornament is in highrelief, and colour is here introduced sparingly, but with greatskill. In the crown of… … Decorationon the Piers. THE VILLA MADAMA NEAR ROME. 65 are frequently repeated among the decorations; only in asmall and unobtrusive position is the Papal tiara introducedin honour of Pope Leo X.
Architecture · Mural painting and decoration
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