Venice: its history, art, industries and modern life; (1896)
Yriarte, Charles [Émile], 1832-1898. [from old catalog], Sitwell, F. J., [from old catalog] tr · Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & co · leaf 234
t will be a representation, as it were, inrelief, of a complete monument in the round, andwdll be composed of a base or sustaining member,an order of columns, or sometimes tw^o such ordersone above another, and each intercolumniation willbe recessed with niches filled with emblematic per-sonages or… … VENETIAN SCULPTURE. 181 the apex of a pyramid, will rise most likely thestatue of the deceased hero, doge, or captain. Butthe later we come down, the greater grows the pomp,the pride, the exuberance, the artists extravaganceand caprice, of which these monuments bear theevidence. One of the first…
Art, Italian
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