Bibliothek der Kunstgeschichte: Das italienische Kunsthandwerk der Frührenaissance
Robert Schmidt's 1923 volume in the Bibliothek der Kunstgeschichte series, published in Germany, surveys Italian early Renaissance craftwork for art historians and collectors. The pages are photographic plates of carved and gilded frames, a mirror stand, and an inlaid panel cassone, each captioned with its date, origin and collection. A designer could take from them the dense, symmetrical carved ornament of Florentine frames, with acanthus scrolls, masks, and pilasters framing plain central fields.
