[GB.37L]                                                              [GB.37]							37
                                                                      
	Lateral door Frari                                                   [Frari]
                                                                      
Face  [diagram]  a   b   a                                            			Madonna door. Archivolt
                                                                      
				doorway                                                           		[diagram]
                                                                      
                                                                      
From a to b is a flower plinth of                                     
the [flowing?] Bon school. but rib                                        Archivolt of the Door with the Madonna
hardly cut. and very coarse.                                          a face [praised?] by Cicognara at the
and note how badly placed in                                          Frari
the nook [cut order?] forms an ogee                                   The action of the Madonna - drawing the
The upper part of the arch has                                        Christ back to her by a band as he starts
been “restored” but of course the                                       off her knee, is ill conceived - her head
flower plin  moulding is replaced                                     pure and fine: Wild Crockets and
by a plain fillet                                                     hard pinnacles make the whole thing
                                                                      utterly vulgar: I longed for a bit of Rouen
Above the horizontal plinth, the first arch                           or Amiens: Compared with the Madonna
- outmost - forms an ogee . with dentil                               at the Amiens transept -this is melted
outside .. (which ought to be added to the                            down - has become fired into the stone; lacks
face section:) the inner forms a circular                             all its picturesqueness and undercutting and
arch                                                                  morbid grace has stolen into draperies.
This is the lateral door, in the angle: next                            The leaves of the lateral arch pair utterly
to the Cicognara one. (opposite)                                      lost all their enjoyment : they are skilfully
                                                                      disposed - but it is thorough dry stonemasons
                                                                      work. at so much a yard. No edging
                                                                      nor ribbing . nor delicate smoothing - Blunt
                                                                      and heavy chiselling for effect. It is dead work

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