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
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