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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(s):
- Ruskin, John
- Publisher:
- London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1851
- Open Library:
- View record.
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.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, cornice, Europe, Italy, medieval, reference book, The stones of Venice, Victorian