# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HAWKSMOOR, Nicholas]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The mausoleum, built by Hawksmoor on 1729 as the Howard family tomb was to be a seminal structure for the romantic movement. After discarding the initial designs which were closely modeled on antiquity, he constructed a round temple with Doric capitals based on Bramante's Tempietto in San Pietro in Montorio in Rome. The picturesque building sited on higher ground embodies in a unique manner the dramatic creative power of English architecture. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()