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 I04 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. intimately allied one with another, in which the richest decoration is in complete unity with the constructive forms which it accen- tuates and embellishes. Brick could never have led to the invention or employment of these forms. Those who try to imitate them in any such material have to make up for its deficiencies by various ingenious devices. The joints between the bricks have to be hidden under stucco, the mouldings and carved sjM-JJX JMfMU}i^d^S^,MM^^i&J&J!^iis^&Je^ 50 Fu;. 68. — Capital and entablature of the temple of the Deus Rediculus at Rome. ornaments of stone have to be replaced, as in the temple of the Deus Rediculus, by moulded terra cotta (Fig. 68). The result is sometimes pleasing enough, especially by the surprise which it causes. Santa Maria delle Grazie, at Milan, is a masterpiece of 1 From the work of the Abbe Uggeri, entitled : Ze Detail des Matcriaux dont se servaient Irs Anciais pour la Construction de leurs B'ltiments (Rome, oblong folio, i8oo, pi. v.).