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VILLA MADAMA.
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PLATE 11.
STUCCOES AND PAINTINGS OF THE PASSAGE AND DETAILS OF THE ARABESQUES
IN THE OPEN HALL.
[B IN THE PLAN.]
The consummate skill with which Giulio Romano decorated the
different parts of this building, is particularly visible in the passage
which leads to the beautiful hall, last described, for the simplicity of the
decorations of this entrance acts as a foil to the richness of the atrium.
The arabesques adorning this entrance are formed in a slight stucco,
which here and there only is relieved by a delicate green back-ground.
Above the small door is seen a statue as it formerly existed. The
arch of the vault shews very tasteful patterns of palm-branches, small
architectural compositions, and graceful meanders.
A and C give some of the rich pilasters in the hall, also parts of the
niches, on a larger scale ; showing the endless variety, in shape and
colour, displayed in those spaces above the niches, on which the emblems
of the Medici are painted.1
PLATE 12.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE GROINED ARCHES C AND D, AND THE MOSAICS AND]
SHELL-WORK OF THE FOUNTAINS.
This Plate contains, on a larger scale, a number of those arabesques
which have been given entire in the foregoing Plates. Letters point out
the colours of each part, and the geometrical forms of the arches can
here best be understood. The mosaic and shell-work of the fountain-
grotto f will not be without interest to the lovers of art, and to the
1 For the colours of the marbles in the niches, see add. Plate A.
D
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PLATE 11.
STUCCOES AND PAINTINGS OF THE PASSAGE AND DETAILS OF THE ARABESQUES
IN THE OPEN HALL.
[B IN THE PLAN.]
The consummate skill with which Giulio Romano decorated the
different parts of this building, is particularly visible in the passage
which leads to the beautiful hall, last described, for the simplicity of the
decorations of this entrance acts as a foil to the richness of the atrium.
The arabesques adorning this entrance are formed in a slight stucco,
which here and there only is relieved by a delicate green back-ground.
Above the small door is seen a statue as it formerly existed. The
arch of the vault shews very tasteful patterns of palm-branches, small
architectural compositions, and graceful meanders.
A and C give some of the rich pilasters in the hall, also parts of the
niches, on a larger scale ; showing the endless variety, in shape and
colour, displayed in those spaces above the niches, on which the emblems
of the Medici are painted.1
PLATE 12.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE GROINED ARCHES C AND D, AND THE MOSAICS AND]
SHELL-WORK OF THE FOUNTAINS.
This Plate contains, on a larger scale, a number of those arabesques
which have been given entire in the foregoing Plates. Letters point out
the colours of each part, and the geometrical forms of the arches can
here best be understood. The mosaic and shell-work of the fountain-
grotto f will not be without interest to the lovers of art, and to the
1 For the colours of the marbles in the niches, see add. Plate A.
D