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Ornament & its application; a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work (1904)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 199

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NT AND ITS APPLICATION. in the detail from the facade of the duomo at Florence (151).The second is the addition of detail engraved or grounded outand filled in with cement—which has its value also in soften-ing the contrast between black and white marble—as in theornamental border from the pavement… … 151. COLOURED MARHLES INLAID INTO WHITE. made use of cement lines for giving modelling to his figuresbut inlaid his cast shadows in shades of grey marble, as maybe seen in the detail opposite (i 53), a striking example of whatnot to do in inlay, and least of all in a pavement. Analogousto the…

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