| Gods, whom Art ever must avow, Ruled the marmoreal sky's demesne. |
| He was the creator of that opulent type of female beauty with marmoreal neck and bosom uberous so characteristic of Venetian art. |
| From the marmoreal floor, large pillars, covered with polychromatic marbles, rise up to the cornice. |
| The Virgin's body and neck are dramatically attenuated, and her marmoreal forehead and glossy curls are decorated with ropes of pearls and an enormous ruby. |
| His prophetic assurance cast a fresh shade of apprehension over her marmoreal brow. |
| The gods, of course, were a quite farcical invention, though necessary for the as it were marmoreal exaltation of the civic virtues. |
