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Making Magnificence slideshow

  • The Audience Chamber of Margraves apartment Schloss Rastatt.
    Photo: Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg, Courtesy of Yale University Press
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    The Audience Chamber of Margrave’s apartment, Schloss Rastatt in Rastatt, Germany.

  • A monumental overmantel in Council Chamber of the Hôtel de Ville in Liege.
    Photo: Marc Verpoorten/Hôtel du Ville, Liège, Courtesy of Yale University Press
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    A monumental overmantel in the Council Chamber of the Hôtel de Ville in Liège, Belgium, by Giuseppe Artari.

  • A stair hall in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice.
    Photo: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Courtesy of Yale University Press
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    A stair hall in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice, Italy, by Alessandro Vittoria.

  • The Hall of Barnsley Park in Gloucestershire England.
    Photo: Country Life, Courtesy of Yale University Press
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    The Hall of Barnsley Park, in Gloucestershire, England, by the Bagutti/Artari workshop.

  • Ceiling design in the Gibbs Collection of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford.
    Photo: © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Courtesy of Yale University Press
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    Ceiling design in the Gibbs Collection of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford.