The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . gexamples in Rome are theAniphitheatrum Castrense,many tombs on the Via La-tina, and the barracks of theVllth cohort of the guards(myites) in the TrastevereBut few examples exist ofthe large Roman terra-cottasculpture , the best are someseated female figures fromtombs, small liie-size, in theCapitoline museum,—worksof great beauty and very skil-fully fired without cracks orwarp
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . gexamples in Rome are theAniphitheatrum Castrense,many tombs on the Via La-tina, and the barracks of theVllth cohort of the guards(myites) in the TrastevereBut few examples exist ofthe large Roman terra-cottasculpture , the best are someseated female figures fromtombs, small liie-size, in theCapitoline museum,—worksof great beauty and very skil-fully fired without cracks orwarping. The British Mu-seum alsocontains fine speci-Fo b — IVn^i-cotui suiue of the mens of terracotta sculpture ^^ .^^ ^ -^ , , ? M (Bntish on a large scale, especially the torso of a nude male figure (Hercules), some ter-minal figures of Bacchus, and a beautiful statue of Urania(see fig. 6). A very large a3cu8 from Caunsa id the British Museum la deco-rated with no less tlKin five statuettes of Homen and Victories, twolarge raaiks of Medusa, and six projectiDg of horses. ^ Compare a simdar repr,;sentotion of tlie umpLalos on ft Greek »ast;Ulostrated by Jahn, Vasciibiidcr, Hamburg, In the 14th and more especially in the 15th century Medi-terra-cotta was adapted in various parts of Europe to the ^ifai-most magnificent and elaborate architectural purposes. InGermany the mark of Brandenburg is specially rich mterra-cotta work The church of St Catherine in the townof Brandenburg is decorated m the most lavish way withdelicate tracery and elaborate strmg-eourses and cornices,enriched with tohage, all modelled in clay; the town-hallIS another instance of the same use of terra-cotta. AtTangermiinde, the church of St Stephen and other build-ings of the beginning of the 15th century are wonderful ex-amples of this method of decoration ; the north door of StStephens especially is a masterpiece of rich and eflTectivemoulding. In northern Italy this use of ter
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