. Canadian foundryman (1921). l of that time is thecandelabrum in the cathedral at Milan, Italy, which is fourteen feet in height,the central shaft, from which branchthe seven sockets for the candles, is sup-ported from its base by four wingeddragons. The whole being one massof scroll work and figures, marvelous indesign and execution. The famous brass gates of the Bap-tistry at Florence, Italy, is another not-able example of artistic modeling andmolding. These wonderful gates are intwo sets, each made up of twenty-eightsections or panels, each one being a per-fect metal picture in relief and
. Canadian foundryman (1921). l of that time is thecandelabrum in the cathedral at Milan, Italy, which is fourteen feet in height,the central shaft, from which branchthe seven sockets for the candles, is sup-ported from its base by four wingeddragons. The whole being one massof scroll work and figures, marvelous indesign and execution. The famous brass gates of the Bap-tistry at Florence, Italy, is another not-able example of artistic modeling andmolding. These wonderful gates are intwo sets, each made up of twenty-eightsections or panels, each one being a per-fect metal picture in relief and cast inone piece. They are practically the lifework of the celebrated Ghiberti, an artistof marvelous skill in modelling and theworking of metals. Nearly forty yearswas spent in the making of these commenced work on the firstset in 1403, which were not finisheduntil 1424. In the same year he startedon the second set, which were completedsome twenty years later. The story ofAbraham, a panel of the Baptistry gate. Fig:. 2.—Shrine of Sebald from a cast in theMuseum of St. Louis. is shown in the illustration Fig. 1. It is a singular fact, that while theprocess of extracting iron from its ores,and the making of it into wrought ironand steel had been known from the earli-est times, there is no evidence beforethis period to show that iron had beensmelted sufficiently to permit of it be-ing cast. It was not until the begin-ning of this period (the fifteenth century)that the German blow oven, an im-provement on the old Catalan forge,made it possible to raise the heat to apoint where the iron was sufficientlyliquid to permit of it being poured intomoulds that would give it shape andform. And it was years later before theprocess was cheapened to where it couldbe used in the making of utensils suchas pots and kettles. Greater Progress In the year 1453, Constantinople wasbesieged and finally captured by the Ot-toman Turks under Mohammed II. The fall of Constantinople impell
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