Chapter 7

Of the Relief of Form--Three Methods--Contrast--Light and Shade, and Modelling--The Use of Contrast and Planes in Pattern Designing--Decorative Relief--Simple Linear Contrast--Relief by Linear Shading--Different Emphasis in relieving Form by Shading Lines--Relief by means of Light and Shade alone without Outline--Photographic Projection--Relief by different Planes and Contrasts of Concave and Convex Surfaces in Architectural Mouldings--Modelled Relief-- Decorative Use of Light and Shade, and different Planes in Modelling and Carving--Egyptian System of Relief Sculpture--Greek and Gothic Architectural Sculpture, influenced by Structural and Ornamental Feeling--Sculptural Tombs, Medals, Coins, Gems--Florentine Fifteenth-century Reliefs--Desiderio di Settignano 165