. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations . Fig. 357. Gallicswords. Egypt 156 WORDS USED IN. Fig. 358. Venetian Glass Vase, i6th centiuy little is known of the Byzantine art, nor ofearlier European art than the 13th century. Inmediaeval times stained glass M-indows, in leadenframes, were constructed with great success inEngland, France, and Inl
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations . Fig. 357. Gallicswords. Egypt 156 WORDS USED IN. Fig. 358. Venetian Glass Vase, i6th centiuy little is known of the Byzantine art, nor ofearlier European art than the 13th century. Inmediaeval times stained glass M-indows, in leadenframes, were constructed with great success inEngland, France, and Inlanders. In the 13thcentury they appear in Italy. The Venetianart took its impulse from the capture of Con-stantinople in 1204. Its peculiar beauty is de-rived from the curved forms and tenuity of sub-stance obtained in blowing. (Fig-355i.) There aresix kinds of Venetian glass, (i) Vessels of colour-less or traiisparctit glass, or of single colours, ge-nerally blue or purple. (2) Giltot enamelled glass.(3) Ciaekled glass, having a surface rough anddivided irregularly into ridges. (4) Variegatedor marbled opaque glass, called schmdlz; themost common variety is a mixture of green andpurple, sometimes resembling jasper, sometimes chalcedony ; other varieties are imi-tations of lapis lazuli and tortoise-shell ; and avanlurine, which isobtain
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