Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 405
Renaissance period.The former was a close follower of the Italian architectPalladio, and designed, usually, his buildings after theRoman models. The palace at Whitehall, the church and 3H HISTORIC ORNAMENT. piazza in Covent Garden, and Crewe Hall in Cheshire werebuilt from his designs. The… … Fig. 413.—Elizabethan, North Entrance, Wollaton House. some details and the ornament generally incline to theBaroque, the building as a whole is one of the finest andmost impressive works ever produced in any country.Wren built a great many churches in London during thetime that was occupied in the…
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