Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 214
ss, was helped on by the great attention paid bystudents of architecture to the remains of ancient Eomanbuildings ; but it was the influence excited by the powerfulgenius of Michelangelo, and by the gigantic scale andvigorous treatment of his masterpiece, St. Peters, whichwas the proximate occasion… … « _- 174 BENAISSANCE AKCIIITECTUUE. called, pure Renaissance of Italy, great use is made of theclassic orders and pediment, and indeed of all the featureswhich the Komans had employed. Plain wall space almostdisappears under the various architectural features intro-duced, and all ornaments,…
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