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ilt-up" Work--"Planted" Work--"Pierced" Work 214 CHAPTER XXIII PICTURE SUBJECTS AND PERSPECTIVE The Limitations of an Art not Safely Transgressed--Aerial Perspective Impossible in Relief--Linear Perspective only Possible in a Limited Way 219 CHAPTER XXIV ARCHITECTURAL CARVING The Necessity for Variety in Study--A Carver's View of the Study of Architecture; Inseparable from a Study of his own Craft--Importance of the Carpenter's Stimulating Influence upon the Carver--Carpenters' Imitation of Stone Construction Carried too Far 223 CHAPTER XXV SURFACE FINISH--TEXTURE Tool Marks, the Importance of their Direction--The Woody Texture Dependent upon Clearness of Cutting and Sympathetic Handling 234 CHAPTER XXVI CRAFT SCHOOLS, PAST AND PRESENT The Country Craftsman of Old Times--A Colony of Craftsmen in Busy Intercourse--The Modern Craftsman's Difficulties: Embarrassing Variety of Choice 240 CHAPTER XXVII ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN BUILDER AND CARVER The Infinite Multiplicity of Styles--The "Gothic" Influence: Sculpture an Integral Element in its Designs--The Approach of the so-called "Renaissance" Period--Disturbed Convictions--The Revival of the Classical Style--The Two Styles in Conflict for a Time; their Respective Characteristics Reviewed--Carvers Become Dependent upon Architects and Painters--The "Revival" Separates "Designer" and "Executant" 249 NOTES ON THE COLLOTYPE PLATES 265 THE COLLOTYPE PLATES 271 INDEX 305 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page A Suggestion from Nature and Photography Frontispiece FIG. 1. 37 FIG. 2. 37 FIG. 3. 39 FIG. 4. 43 FIG. 5. 46 FIG. 6.
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