Holiday, Henry, 1839-1927 · London, New York, Macmillan · leaf 223
nsiderable distance fromthe eye. Opus sectile can be successfully treated onas small a scale as stained glass, and looks well at anydistance. Moreover, mosaic is, from the elaborate nature ofthe process, the most costly kind of decoration, whileopus sectile, from the simplicity of the method… … Fig. 58. Angel of judgment, Figure life size. From eke opus sectile. DESIGNS BY SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES AND MR. W. B. RICHMOND There is a story told of a bishop at a RoyalAcademy dinner who, after expatiating upon thebeauties of the works which surrounded him, con-soled those artists whose…
Glass painting and staining
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