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Everything about the baroque and the baroque epoch.

The essence of the Agudeza is one of those which can be discerned in the whole rather than in detail, which can be perceived, not defined; and any definition is therefore, with a matter so incomprehensible, valid; what beauty is to the eyes and harmony to the ears, the concept is to the mind.

Baltasar Gracián (1601 - 1658). Arte de Ingenio [1]

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The World of Ornaments is a trilingual (English, German, French) reprint of two nineteenth-century ornamental anthologies and is available in various formats and sizes.

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