La Certosa di Pavia
Carlo Magenta's 1897 Milan study of the Certosa di Pavia, a Carthusian monastery, published by Fratelli Bocca as a photographic record of its architecture. The pictures show carved marble reliefs, sculpted figures in niches, a painted lunette dome and a framed relief panel, all photographed as large plates. A designer could draw on the dense Renaissance ornament: foliate borders, pilasters and narrative scenes framed by geometric bands.
