. 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. 156 WORDS USED IN. lig. 35S. \ Ghis- \a;,e, 16th century iitlle is known of the Byzantine art, nor ofearlier European art than the 13th century. Inmediieval times stained glass windows, in leadenframes, were constructed with great success inEngland, France, and Flanders.
. 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. 156 WORDS USED IN. lig. 35S. \ Ghis- \a;,e, 16th century iitlle is known of the Byzantine art, nor ofearlier European art than the 13th century. Inmediieval times stained glass windows, in leadenframes, were constructed with great success inEngland, France, and Flanders. In the 13thcentury they appear in Italy. The \enetianart 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. () There aresix kinds of Venetian glass, (i) Vessels of colour-less or transparent i^lass, or of single colours, ge-nerally blue or purple. (2) Gilt ox enavicllcdglass.(3) Crackled glass, having a surface rough anddivided irregularly into ridges. (4) Variegatedor viarbled opaque glass, called schvitltz; themost common variety is a mixture of green and 1purple, sometimes resembling jasper, sometimes \ chalcedony ; other varieties are imi-tations of lapis lazuli and tortoise-shell ; and avanlurine, which is
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