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The most divisive aspect of Stuttgart and of Stirling's later architecture is the postmodern affectation of its stone cladding, in pseudo-Italian stripes.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2011

In fact, Wilson was nurtured on Claude Lorrain and Joseph Vernet and instead of painting the realistic English landscape he painted the pseudo-Italian landscape.

From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by Van Dyke, John Charles

What is wanted is merely the transmutation of stucco into marble, painted pine into oak, and pseudo-Italian arabesques into American frescoes and mosaics.

From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William