t driven by a successionof little taps of the mallet. When by chance the workof the sixteenth century artisthappened to be in sandstone, ithad more the coarse character weassociate with the idea of Gothic.The somewhat savage enrichmentof our own Norman buildingsforcibly recalls the rude way itwas… … 102. CUT CRYSTAL io6 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. of Egyptian design is not to be credited entirely to symbolicexpression and artistic reserve. Working in granite or basalt,the carver was under no temptation to insist upon the foldsof drapery or the curls in a lions mane. It was certainlynot…
Decoration and ornament
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
