The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . The Amazon Vase: Doitlton 6^ Co. convey an adequate idea of its fine workmanship and artistic designing. Tostate that the art labor alone bestowed upon it cost thirty thousand dollars in gold,is but to give the figures representing the commercial value of an expressionof genius which cannot be bought, but comes to man as a gift. INDUSTRIAL ART. 139 The section of a Carved Panel, by L. Fkullini, of Florence, that we engraveon page 136, is a piece of work worthy of the ancient wood-carvers of Carved Pulpit: y. A. &=
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . The Amazon Vase: Doitlton 6^ Co. convey an adequate idea of its fine workmanship and artistic designing. Tostate that the art labor alone bestowed upon it cost thirty thousand dollars in gold,is but to give the figures representing the commercial value of an expressionof genius which cannot be bought, but comes to man as a gift. INDUSTRIAL ART. 139 The section of a Carved Panel, by L. Fkullini, of Florence, that we engraveon page 136, is a piece of work worthy of the ancient wood-carvers of Carved Pulpit: y. A. &= H. Goycrs. Louvain, Belgium. The material is a soft, white wood, resembling deal—though of a much finercrrain—and admirably adapted to work of this kind. The panel is about a foot HO THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. wide and eight feet high, the upper portion—not shown in the illustration—being simply a combination of the same general design seen here. This, thereader will observe, is a group of ferns and twining plants in flower, risingfrom an antique vase in graceful convolutions and intermingling of , animals and reptiles are disposed here and there, with a charming irregu-larity that makes the discovery of them a study. The carving is in very highrelief, with a great deal of skilful undercutting; the figures, in some instances,being quite detached from the background. The average relief of the work isabout inches, though, in many places, this measurement is exceeded. Itis difficult to decide between the animals and plants a
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