Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 218
salways present. We see it in the carved ornamentsof seats and furniture, in the design and treatmentof coins and seals and gems and medals. Theselatter from the time of the ancient Greeks affordbeautiful examples of the decorative treatment ofrelief in strict relation to the object and purpose.The… … CHARTRES CATHEDRAL: CARVING ON THE WEST FRONT. MEDALS AND COINS instance not only of the treatment of the portraitand subject on the reverse perfectly adapted to itsmethod and purpose, but also of the artistic use oflettering as a decorative feature (see p. 203). The treatment and relief of…
Drawing · Decoration and ornament
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