What are vases?
1. Hollow vessel, unlidded, of decorative character and various forms, with or without handles.
2. Representation of this for architectural ornament, often in gardens, in niches, on pedestals, etc., but distinct from an http://www./topic/urn, commonly found in Neo-Classical designs. Vases were promoted as architectural ornaments by http://www./topic/enea-vico-2 (1523-67) in a series of publications, collected in 1543, http://www./topic/matthias-darly (fl. 1741-80) in The Ornamental Architect (1770), d'Hancarville (P. F. Hugues (1729-1805)) in Antiquits trusques, Grecques, et Romaines (1766-7), http://www./topic/giovanni-battista-piranesi in Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi (1778), Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829) in Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases (1791-3), and many other authors.
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