An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 157
in which there was much littleness, when the architects of this period cameto the crowning members of their edifices, they placed on them such massive and finelyfiomposcd cornices that the other parts are cjuite lost; and in this member it is evident tlieywere influenced by those feelings of unity… … Jsi ?o Jo /.( Kif;. I(i3. Pt^AN LOUUIA VV I 328. The Ievival of the arts in Italy was vastly assisted by the commerce and riclies ofthe country ; and with the decay of tliat commerce, nearly 300 years afterwards, their jjahnydays were no more: from that time they have never thriven in the country…
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