. We find the influence ofthe drill again in the Byzantine rendering of acanthus foliageborrowed from the Greeks. In stone the carver (see the spandril from Wells Cathedral,page 95) got something of the spring of life into very con-ventional foliage by sweeping lines of growth ; but in thework… … lOI. RENAISSANCE BRONZE CASTING. The treatment of the leaves is there again, perhaps, sug-gested by beaten metal work, but they become in the carvershand characteristically wood-like. It will be seen at once how different in character fromwood carving are the Romanesque and early Gothic…
Decoration and ornament
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