The Art of the Plasterer (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Art of the Plasterer: An Account of the Decorative Development of the Craft, Chiefly in England From the Xvith to the Xviiith Century, With Chapters on the Stucco of the Classic Period and of the Italian RenaissanceDuring the past century Plaster has been so degraded that it is hardly possible to regard it as a medium of art, and things are now worse than they were before-architecture became a learned profession, before men had accustomed themselves to thinking on paper instead of through the material, knowledge of which is so essential to the proper development of the creative instinct.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.