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 171
are more powerful meansiif producing grandeur, than great volume or large masses unskilfully handled. A tine in-stance of this is seen in the fa9ade of the Thiene palace at \icenza, fig. 175. ( See next paqe ) 354. The number of ))alaces and villas with which Palladio emiched the Venetian… … Fig. IT.i. ElB Chap. II. I TALI.AN. 151 Carita at Vfuice. wliicli is a lovely specimen of liis style. His grandest cliurch is tliat DelRetlentore at Venice. Generally in the facades of his churches tliere are abuses, whereof it isscarcely credible he would have been guilty: such are the two half…
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