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 321
s. A trifling absurdity is theuse of the concave abacus of the Corinthian capital over thekey-stones. The Barocco style, despite its untruthful and unprincipledcharacter, seems to have its uses in expressing ostentation andbombastic pomp, and this we see in the monument of the Doge i68 PALLADIO AND… … Monument to Doge Valier, San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, the columns in a similar way. The cornice of the pedestalsalso forms the impost of an arch, as at the Casa del Diavoloin Vicenza. This mausoleum fagade is an instance of thedecadent fashion of using marble in imitation of silk or cloth X
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