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Inigo Jones and Wren; or, The rise and decline of modern architecture in England (1893)

Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839-1911 · New York, Macmillan and co. · leaf 119

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e taste of Palladio found a second home inEngland, where Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, James Gibbs,Burlington, Chambers, and many others naturalised his plans, hisfacades, the happy adjustment of his forms, his profiles, hisproportions, and his details. His best work is now to be seen lOO Modern… … THIENI PALACE, VICENZA. 1!Y PALLADIO. of a chapter headed Of the five orders made use of by theancients. The Tuscan, Dorick, lonick, Corinthian, and Composite,are the five orders made use of by the ancients. These oughtto be so disposed in a building, that the most solid may be placed TJic…

Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 · Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 · Architecture

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