Finials, their use in ornamentation, [i. 346]; a sign of decline in Venetian architecture, [iii. 109].

Finish in workmanship, when to be required, [ii. 165]; dangers of, [iii. 170], [ii. 162].

Fir, spruce, influence of, on architecture, [i. 152].

Fire, forms of, in ornamentation, [i. 228].

Fish, use of, in ornamentation, [i. 229].

Flamboyant Gothic, [i. 278], [ii. 225].

Flattery, common in Renaissance times, [iii. 64].

Flowers, representation of, how desirable, [i. 340]; how represented in mosaic, [iii. 179].

Fluting of columns, a mistake, [i. 301].

Foils, definition of, [ii. 221].