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Ornament: A Social History Since 1450-new Dee When Daniel Robb Set OutIn A Wideranging And Richly Illustrated Book, The Authors Begin By Tracing The Ways Ornament Has Been Used Over The Last Five Centuries, The Rules Of Decorum And Etiquette Associated With It, And The Social, Moral And Spiritual Values It Has Represented. They Examine How Architecture Set The Agenda For Ornament In The Renaissance, And How Printed Images Carried A Common Vocabulary Of Ornament Throughout The Western World. They Survey The Personal Side