A manual of historic ornament, treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture & the applied arts; (1906)
Glazier, Richard, 1851-1918 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 71
rs and foliage, banded together with ribbons, with the introduction of birds, squirrels, etc. The egg-plant and pomegranate portion (fig. 1) is a familiar example. Other masters of this period were Jacopo della Quercia (1371-1438), who executed the beautiful monument shown on the previous page, to… … THE “CANTORIA,” OR SINGING GALLERY, BY DONATELLO. Luca della Robbia (1400-82), executed a beautiful organ gallery in marble for the Cathedral at Florence (1431-40), now in the museum of the Opera del Duoir.o, Florence, with admirable singing and dancing figures, in relief. Donatello (1386-1466),…
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