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Gothic saloon

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Landi, Gaetano
SOURCE: Gaetano Landi. Architectural decorations (London, 1810), pl. 13

Royal Pavilion, Brighton: the music gallery

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Nash, John (1752-1835)
SOURCE: John Nash. The Royal Pavilion at Brighton (London, 1826), pl. 17 NOTES: The Royal Pavilion was built as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent (later King George IV). Originally the 'Marine Pavilion', a Neo-Classical building designed by Henry Holland and completed in 1787, it was transformed into this Indian style building by John Nash in 1815-1822. Using new technology, Nash enlarged the building and added the domes and minarets by superimposing a cast iron framework over Holland's pavilion.

Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam: the entrance hall with ten pairs of Corinthian columns in white stucco marble

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Knobelsdorff, Georg Wenzeslaus von (1699-1753)
NOTES: Sanssouci was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Built above a terraced vineyard in 1745-1747, it is essentially a single-storey villa, containing ten principal rooms.

Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam: close-up of the dome, cornice and corthinian columns in the white and gold oval Marble Hall (Marmosaal)

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Knobelsdorff, Georg Wenzeslaus von (1699-1753)
NOTES: Sanssouci was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Built above a terraced vineyard in 1745-1747, it is essentially a single-storey villa, containing ten principal rooms. The Marble Hall, completed in 1749, was designed as the principal reception room and was used by Frederick as an informal dining room.

Temple of Aesculapius, Diocletian's Palace, Split (formerly Spalatro): details of the door and soffit

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SOURCE: Robert Adam. Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia (London, 1764), pl. XLVI

Plan and profiles of a Corinthian modillion or ornamental bracket

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SOURCE: Batty Langley. The builders compleat chest-book (London, 1738), plates vol., pl. XIV

Examples of Corinthian cornices from Roman buildings

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SOURCE: Architecture de Philibert de l'Orme (Rouen, 1648), p. 198

Illustration explaining how to draw the perspective of a Doric entablature with an internal and an external angle

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Malton, Thomas (1726-1801)
SOURCE: Thomas Malton. A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice (London, 1779), pl. XVIII

Examples of architraves for doors and windows

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Pain, William (fl. 1758-1794)
SOURCE: William Pain. The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant (London, 1769), p. 51

Louvre, Paris: details of the Corinthian ordered east colonnade

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Le Vau, Louis (1612-1670)
SOURCE: Pierre Patte. Etudes d'architecture (Paris, 1755), pl. 10

Louvre, Paris: first floor window of the Cour Carree and details of the architrave

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Le Vau, Louis (1612-1670)
SOURCE: Pierre Patte. Etudes d'architecture (Paris, 1755), pl. 19
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