The Art of Decoration
The Art of Decoration
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To the Renascence we owe at least one curse, stucco, which perhaps hailed from old Greece, where the brick houses were plastered with it inside and outside : and it came to be applied to innumerable purposes when the delighted workman saw how great could be the effect with how very little labour. Gleefully he moulded in relief every frame, console, casket he could get hold of, and painted and gilded the delicate patterns which arose in a few hours where carved oak would have challenged his braw...ny wrists for months. Most of the large pieces in thrs material have naturally perished, but small coffers and frames, a few consoles and tables, still exist as monuments to his delight.
Even while we condemn the school we must own that many of the surviving works in stucco that looks like wood, as well as wood that looks like stucco, are beautiful in their way. The 'consoles' (what a name for a table beneath a mirror, ye victims of a crumpled roseleaf !) were multiform, full of fancy. The table, such as that on p.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To the Renascence we owe at least one curse, stucco, which perhaps hailed from old Greece, where the brick houses were plastered with it inside and outside : and it came to be applied to innumerable purposes when the delighted workman saw how great could be the effect with how very little labour. Gleefully he moulded in relief every frame, console, casket he could get hold of, and painted and gilded the delicate patterns which arose in a few hours where carved oak would have challenged his braw...ny wrists for months. Most of the large pieces in thrs material have naturally perished, but small coffers and frames, a few consoles and tables, still exist as monuments to his delight.
Even while we condemn the school we must own that many of the surviving works in stucco that looks like wood, as well as wood that looks like stucco, are beautiful in their way. The 'consoles' (what a name for a table beneath a mirror, ye victims of a crumpled roseleaf !) were multiform, full of fancy. The table, such as that on p.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mary Eliza Joy Mrs Hr Haweis Haweis to read onlineMoreLess
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