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 281
ny years has been, and yet is, approved bylearned and wise men. Thus the writings of Vitruvius, nebulous as they were onmany points, and perhaps partly because of their obscurity,were set up as the only and infallible standard of excellence, notalone by Serlio, who is only giving expression to the… … New Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Florence. Michelangelo, Archt. of deliverance the revival of art. These it might have outlived;indeed, it is possible to conceive that upon this foundation asuperstructure nobler and finer might one day have been reared.But what should we expect of a generation of…
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