Chimneypieces And Ingle Nooks, Their Design And Ornamentation
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He, however, did useful service in familiarising us with the idea that sculpture need not be divorced from everyday matters.
For instance, he carved chimneypieces, two of these being at Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds. Both are classic in style. One is an imposing affair with Ionic fluted columns, groups of statuary, and a very beautiful frieze with sculptured figures. In the other case the white marble is orna- mented with a beautiful inlay of coloured stones, the designs including Vitruvian scrolls..., open floral scrolls, and medallions with a duck, a hare, and a hound.
This inlay of fine coloured designs on chimneypieces was an Italian notion, sug- gested by mosaic work. Horace Walpole had a handsome example in the circular boudoir at Strawberry Hill. It is of white marble, with alabaster panels decorated with floral and conventional patterns in coloured mosaics. The columns are spirally grooved, the depressions having a dainty pattern of myrtle leaves carried out in mosaics, which puts us in mind of the beautiful spiral mosaic decorated columns at St.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He, however, did useful service in familiarising us with the idea that sculpture need not be divorced from everyday matters.
For instance, he carved chimneypieces, two of these being at Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds. Both are classic in style. One is an imposing affair with Ionic fluted columns, groups of statuary, and a very beautiful frieze with sculptured figures. In the other case the white marble is orna- mented with a beautiful inlay of coloured stones, the designs including Vitruvian scrolls..., open floral scrolls, and medallions with a duck, a hare, and a hound.
This inlay of fine coloured designs on chimneypieces was an Italian notion, sug- gested by mosaic work. Horace Walpole had a handsome example in the circular boudoir at Strawberry Hill. It is of white marble, with alabaster panels decorated with floral and conventional patterns in coloured mosaics. The columns are spirally grooved, the depressions having a dainty pattern of myrtle leaves carried out in mosaics, which puts us in mind of the beautiful spiral mosaic decorated columns at St.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Rothery, Guy Cadogan, 1863-1926 to read onlineMoreLess
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