The architecture of the renaissance in Italy : a general view for the use of students and others (1909)
Anderson, William J. (William James), 1864-1900 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 180
nd some of its best examplesare those in which the arch is almost if not entirelyeliminated. In those instances it is probable that their de-signers were consciously adopting Greek methods and principles;that they had come to distinguish between Roman andGreek; and, in many cases, they aimed at… … * Serlio in his Fiie Books of Architecture. The quotation is from the quaintEnghsh translation of 1611. i^o THE CULMINATION IN ROME. give a very good idea of their mental attitude to Greek work :— The Romanes, although they learned the upright manner ofbuilding of the Grecians, neverthelesse,…
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