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Identifier: gri_c00033125008700094 (find matches)
Title: The grammar of ornament
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877 Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Decoration and ornament Decorative arts
Publisher: London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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tect. He resided almostentirely at Eome, where he designed the fountain of the Barcaccia in the Piazza di Spagna, thecelebrated Triton in the Piazza Barberini, and the large fountains of the Piazza Navona; the Collegede Propaganda Fide; the great hall and facade of the Barberini Palace, facing the Strada Felice; acampanile to St. Peters (afterwards taken down); the Ludovico Palace, on the Monte Citorio; thecelebrated Piazza of St. Peters; and the great staircase from St. Peters to the Vatican, besidesnumerous other works. Busts by Bernini were eagerly sought after by the sovereigns and noblesof Europe; so much so, that when he was sixty-eight years of age, Louis XIV., who was unused tobe refused anything, and much less to be forced to beg, was actually obliged to write supplicatoryletters to the Pope, and to Bernini, requesting the sculptors presence at Paris. During his residencethere, though he did but little, he is said to have received five golden louis a-day, and at his departure
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Ornamental Composition, from a design by Le Pautre. fifty thousand crowns, with an annual pension of two thousand crowns, and one of five hundred forhis sons, who accompanied him. On his return to Eome he made an equestrian statue in honour ofI^uis, which is now at Versailles. Besides his works in architecture, sculpture, and bronze, he appearsto have had a decided mechanical turn; and, moreover, to have painted as many as five hundredpictures in the Case Barberini and Chigi. He died in the year 1680. Francesco Borromini was born near Como, in the year 1599. Apprenticed at an early age toCarlo Maderno, he speedily became both a brilliant carver and architect. On Madernos death he QQ 149 1: ITALIAN ORNAMENT. succeeded to the charge of the works at St. Peters under Bernini, with whom he very shortly quarrelled.From his fervid imagination and rare facility as a draughtsman and designer, he soon obtained ampleemployment; and in his capricious vagaries, every tendency to extravagance that

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