Delle cose gentilesche, e profane : trasportate ad uso, e adornamento delle chiese

Marangoni, Giovanni, 1673-1753 · 1744 · In Roma : Nella Stamperia di Niccolò, e Marco Pagliarini, mercanti di libri, e stampatori a Pasquino · 12 pictures

A 1744 Roman treatise by Giovanni Marangoni, printed by the Pagliarini brothers, on adapting pagan classical motifs for use in church decoration and ornament. The pictures are small woodcut and engraved borders, cartouches and decorated initial letters, with scrolling acanthus, vases, and griffin-like birds that a designer could draw on for framing, lettering and ecclesiastical ornament.

Church decoration and ornament · Christian art and symbolism · Idols and images · Church architecture -- Italy · Church decoration and ornament -- Italy · Art, Roman -- Italy · Art, Roman · Church architecture · Italy

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