A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 338
sign appears to have consisted of stags on either side of atree, with tall lilies or some field plant dividing the repeat;there are no remains of colour, and the highest relief is about 3to 4 in. The great frieze in the presence chamber of the newhouse was probably executed by the same artist ;… … CHAP. XIV] PLASTER WORK 273 the delightful recklessness of the early Renaissance, a reckless-ness, however, more apparent than real, for it was always con-trolled by an extremely subtle decorative sense; and in thisfrieze, though the details are isolated, yet the whole hangstogether, and, helped by…
Architecture, Renaissance · Architecture
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