Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 326
t (Figs. 178, 179;PL VIII, 6). Garden Art. While the magnifi-cent style of garden-design introduced bythe great Le Notre(1613-1700) and car-ried to its utmost limitof imperial gi-andeurat Versailles does notproperly fall withinthe province of orna-ment as such; andwhile the decorative details… … Fig. 179.—Gate, Choir of St. Ouen,Rouen. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT They were often of great size, executed in stone, marble,bronze or lead, of forms based on Roman precedents,^and decorated sometimes in purely classic fashion {e.g. the Vase Medicis, Ver-sailles, PI. IX, 11) or infreer style like the…
Decoration and ornament
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