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

Loftie, William John, 1839-1911 · London, Rivington, Percival · leaf 82

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lly treated. By degreesthe head of the arches separate, each half-arch becoming a kindof bracket for the hand-rail. Finally, but not until the seven-teenth century was well begun, the new Italian balustrade, moreor less modified in its translation into oak, came into fashion.The cui;ious visitor to… … EU::abethan Architecture 6 o at Claverton, Sherborne, and some other places, armorialbearings. Almost side by side with these delightful rambling, irregularpiles, half castle, half manor-house, there grew up a series ofstately palaces, such as we see at Longleat, Loseley, Bramshill,Audley End,…

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

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