A well-presented account that balances history with technicalities, and challenges Vasari's idea of a linear, step-by-step assimilation of classical ideas. Focuses on Florence and Rome. Illu... read more
Half a century before Owen Jones's 'Grammar of Ornament' (1856), Freiherr zu Racknitz produced this survey of twenty-four different styles, some historical, some contemporary, the predictabl... read more