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Identifier: internationalstu38newy (find matches)
Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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the architecture but quiteenough to affect the design.There are two generaldirections for the develop-ment of ornamental brick-work: One, the introduc-tion of tile or marble panelsand bands framed withrichly ornamented mold-ings of terra cotta or stone,with the use of many dif-ferent colors of brick, intapestries and patterns,lending a touch of almostOriental richness to a con-struction of wall alreadyornate and full of style;the other, more suited toquiet and rcfmcd designs,the laying of bricks of alioutthe same color with little, ifany, variation of surface,but still in panels, bandsand patterns. In the for-mer case both the brickand the decoration arc al-ways in evidence and cele-brate together; in the lat-ter, one is left to considerthe decoration or not as hemay please—look for the))atlernsan(l they are there;dismiss them and they retire (juicily into the general surface of the wall andnothing is left but brickwork. C. \V. S. The evolution of the English house through the XVlll
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Courtesy of Sayre &* Fisher Co HOME CLUBNEW YORK GORDON, TRACY & SWARTWOUTARCHITECTS centuries is described by W. Shaw Sjiarrow in TheKnglish House, just ))ublished by John LaneCompany. Like Hints on House Furnishing,by the same author, the book is fully illustrated. SL Bartholomew s Facade S T. BARTHOLOMEWS FACADEBY RUSSELL STURGIS composition in a design evidently suggested by thewonderful portals of Aries and of Saint-Gilles, inLanguedoc; for the design might well have beensomewhat different had not those wonderful frontsin the south of France interested and strengthenedthe designer of the American monument. Indeed,it is surprising the amount of inspiration which onesuccessful building will give to the artist who pro-poses to design another. All architectural progresshas come from the direct study by the younger artists The triple porch of St. BartholomewsChurch in Madison Avenue, New YorkCity, was built long after the general completion ofthe building, and as a confessed e

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