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The grammar of ornament (1868)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher · London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly · leaf 350

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grounds-a habit to which Giulio Eomano appearsto have been more partial than either Eaffaelle or Giovanni da Udine. The villa itself was built by Eomano and his fellow-labourer for Pope Clement VII., when CardinalGiulio de Medici, the first designs having been given by Eaffaelle. The work was still… … Detail of a Portion of a Stucco Ceiling in the Palazzo Mattei di Giove, Eome, by Carlo Maderno. to decay; but the grandeur of the three arches still remaining is sufficient to show that the designwas worthy of Eaffaelle; and that it was his is proved beyond a doubt, by a letter to FrancescoMaria,…

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