14/27 The Marble Room is all made of marble,--walls, floor, window-sills, everything but the furniture. The marble is of different colors and patterns, and _just_ as beautiful! The furniture is covered with drab damask. Frescoes are pictures painted on the ceilings, Uncle says. He says Michael Angelo, the great sculptor and artist, used to paint a great many, and that they are very beautiful. He says he had to lie flat on scaffoldings while he was painting the domes of great churches, and that, by looking up so, in that position, he hurt his eyes very much. |