Villa DetailsThis volume is an historical and geographical tour of everything that makes a villa what it is. Embellishment on a grand scale and minute details emerge side by side in this unusual study. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 13 |
VILLA DETAILS | 14 |
The Testimony of Classicism | 18 |
Copyright | |
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ancient antefixes arch architects architecture architrave armillary sphere Art and Beauty artistic attic azulejos balconies balusters Baroque bas-reliefs became blend building built carved Castle centre century ceramic chapel characterised classic architecture clocks coats of arms colonies colour columns common composition cornice courtly courtyard create crown culture curved decorative elements decorative motif developed dome doors doorway Doric order dormers elegant embellished emphasise entrance especially Europe examples facade festoons fronton function gables garden gates gnomon Greek Grezzana inspired Islamic Italy later load-bearing majolica Mannerist mansion marble masques materials medallions metal mosaics mouldings onion dome painted Palace parapets places portal pronaos rainwater Renaissance ridge Roman roof terraces salon Screens shields simple slopes spouts staircases stone structure stucco stuccowork style STYLUS sundial supported surmounted technique terracotta Testimony of Classicism tiles towers trabeations tradition triangular trompe-l'oeil turrets tympanum various Venezuela vertical villa volutes walls wood wooden wrought iron