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Decorative borders
Pompeian ornament no. 1: decorative borders from houses in Pompeii
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SOURCE: Owen Jones. The Grammar of ornament (London, 1856), pl. XXIII
Pompeian ornament no. 2: painted decoration of pilasters and friezes from various houses in Pompeii
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SOURCE: Owen Jones. The Grammar of ornament (London, 1856), pl. XXIV
Studies of mosaic patterns
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NOTES: These drawings are part of a vellum sketchbook containing studies by Burges of Italian architecture, decoration, birds, flowers and heads.
Sketch of church stall with studies of an orchid head and desgins incorporating a stylised interpretation of the flower
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NOTES: These drawings are part of a vellum sketchbook containing studies by Burges of Italian architecture, decoration, birds, flowers and heads.
Sketches of carved decoration incorporating a variety of human and animal forms
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NOTES: These drawings are part of a vellum sketchbook containing studies by Burges of Italian architecture, decoration, birds, flowers and heads.
Wall decoration on an unidentified building adjoining the Qutb Minar, Delhi
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NOTES: This drawing is by an unidentified 19th century Indian draughtsman.
Decoration on unidentified buildings adjoining the Qutb Minar, Delhi
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NOTES: This drawing is by an unidentified 19th century Indian draughtsman. The drawing indicates one specimen is Hindu and the other two Mughal.
Palais Garnier (Opera de Paris), Place de l'Opera, Paris: detail of the ceiling decoration in the loggia
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SOURCE: Charles Garnier: Le nouvel opera de Paris, vol. II (Paris, 1880), pl. 33-34
Complesso di Santo Stefano, Bologna: detail of the decorative brickwork around the central doorway of Santi Vitale e Agricola
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NOTES: This is the monastic complex of Santo Stefano, an ancient group of buildings mentioned as early as 887 and dedicated as a whole to St Stephen the Marytr. It encompasses three churches; Santi Vitale e Agricola, the oldest ecclesiastical building in the city, San Sepolcro and the Chiesa del Crocifisso (Church of the Crucifix), 11th and 12th centuries respectively. The church of Santi Vitale e Agricola dates back to the 5th century incorporating fragments of Roman buildings. It has three apses, rebuilt in the 8th and 11th centuries.
Complesso di Santo Stefano, Bologna: detail of Greek Cross in the upper facade of Santi Vitale e Agricola
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NOTES: This is the monastic complex of Santo Stefano, an ancient group of buildings mentioned as early as 887 and dedicated as a whole to St Stephen the Marytr. It encompasses three churches; Santi Vitale e Agricola, the oldest ecclesiastical building in the city, San Sepolcro and the Chiesa del Crocifisso (Church of the Crucifix), 11th and 12th centuries respectively. The church of Santi Vitale e Agricola dates back to the 5th century incorporating fragments of Roman buildings. It has three apses, rebuilt in the 8th and 11th centuries.