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A history of ornament .. (1916)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 356

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ywhich it is known,displacing the earlierdesignations of ohiadel Romano (Romanwork) and arte vie jo(antique art), cameinto vogue in the17th century, eitherbecause of an erro-neous theory that thestyle had been intro-duced by Italiangoldsmiths, or be-cause of the minute-ness, delicacy andprofusion… … SWH CLEMENTE TOLECO Fig. 199.- -Top OF Doorway, San Clemente,Toledo. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT V, and was strongly accentuated under Philip II(1556-98), a monarch of ascetic taste and autocraticwill, who made Juan de Herrera his artistic agent asthe supreme arbiter of all architectural designs.…

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