Cornice Decoration

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Cornice decoration.

Artist

Name:: Ruskin, John
Dates:: 1819-1900
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Lupton, Thomas Goff
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The stones of Venice, vol. 1
Author:: Ruskin, John
Publisher:: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1851
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Description:

Selection of various types of cornice decoration, described by Ruskin as follows:

I have thrown together a few of the most characteristic mediæval examples of the treatment of the simplest cornice profiles : the uppermost, a, is the pure root of cornices from St. Mark’s. The second, d, is the Christian Doric cornice…

Thomas Goff Lupton specialized in mezzotint engraving.

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