A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 65
CHURCH VENETIAN: IN ST. MARK'S half-cupola in the western narthex, over the door- way which leads directly into the nave. This single figure is the famous St. Mark from the cartoon of Titian, with the " iscrizione ampollosa " put up by the mosaicists, the brothers Zuccato* … Fig. 133 bis. St. Mark's, Venice ; semi-dome over middle doorway in West Front as seen from the narthex The flash of the light upon the gilded glass tesserae of the background shows well the effect of this irregular though brilliant surface, and explains the non-metallic — the not too lustrous —…
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