  Carptrash Member Username: Carptrash Post Number: 1445 Registered: 10-2003 |
"With the development of taste and the growing elaboration of buildings, there has been a very great increase in the employment of ornamentation in stonework. Within the past decade or two there have been erected in this country countless structures, both public and private, that can scarcely be matched in any country for size, elaborateness, and cost. Sculpture has been called in as an aid to architecture and it is the exception, rather than the rule, when an important building goes up without a plentiful enrichment of carving, if not of actual statuary. A rather unique example may be found in the Book Building, Detroit, Michigan, particularly in the engaged columns which divide the third story windows into three parts. These white Vermont marble pillars are replicas of the historical shafts in the Certosa di Pavia, built during the latter part of the fifteen century. The sculptured freize (sic) above each opening is another telling detail in the success with which Louis Kamper has applied the artistry of the Italian ..........." So . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... what is he or she talking about and can someone post a picture of it? Thanks. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1325 Registered: 04-2005 |
I sure hope they power wash that tower, it will be magnificent! | ||
Track75 Member Username: Track75 Post Number: 2464 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ahhh, Carptrash... | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 7208 Registered: 10-2003 |
Post, post, post, post. Lord, Carpy, will you give it a rest? Welcome back, mon amuck. I haven't seen you since... AIW's wedding? Hope you and Mrs. Carp are well and that we'll be seeing you around here for a while. For you noobs, Carptrash is recognized as the country's foremost authority on the life and works of Corrado Parducci. |
