. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . d thendecorated with colours andeven gold. The best existing ^examples in Ronre are the^oAmpbithealrum Jastrense,many tombs on the Yia La-tina, and the barracks of theVllth cohort of the guards{vigiles) in the few examples exist ofthe large Roman terra-cottasculpture; the best are someseated female figures fromtombs, small life-size, in theCapitoline museum,—worksof great beauty and very skil-fully fired without crackd orwarping. The British Mu- vseum also contains fine speci- Fia.
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . d thendecorated with colours andeven gold. The best existing ^examples in Ronre are the^oAmpbithealrum Jastrense,many tombs on the Yia La-tina, and the barracks of theVllth cohort of the guards{vigiles) in the few examples exist ofthe large Roman terra-cottasculpture; the best are someseated female figures fromtombs, small life-size, in theCapitoline museum,—worksof great beauty and very skil-fully fired without crackd orwarping. The British Mu- vseum also contains fine speci- Fia. of terra-cotta sculptureon a large scale, especiallythe 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 ascua from Canosa in the British Museum ia deco-rated with no less than five statuettes of women and Victories, twoUrge raasks of Medusa, and six projecting figures of horses. 2 Compare a similar representation of the omphalos on^a Greek vaseillustrated by J&hn, Vasenbilder, Hamhurg, -Terra-cotta statue of theMuse Urania, 1st century (British Museum.) In the 14th and more especially in the I5th centuryterrarcotta was adapted in various part3 of Europe to Viimost magnificent and elaborate architectiural purposes. JiaGermany the mark of Brandenburg is specially rich interra-cotta work ^ The church of St Catherine in the townof Brandenburg is decorated In the most lavish way withdelicate tracery and elaborate string-courses and cornices,enriched with foliage, all modelled in clay; the town-hallis another instance of the same use of terra-cotta. AlTangermiinde, the church of St Stephen and other buildings of the beginning of the 15th century are wonderful exJampies of this method of decoration ; the north door of S«Stephens especially is a masterpiece of rich and effectivemoulding. In northern Italy this use of terra-cotta wascarried to an equally high point of perfection.* ..
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