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 66
in it might be conceived tobe. The touch of its designer is sure: having bafore him anideal of simplicity and austerity, he rejects everything thatcan be spared. A tall proportion prevails: to obviate any-thing like heaviness in the angle view of them, his pilastersat the crossing are thirteen… … Detail of Door and Window in Cloister of theBadia di Fiesole. 22 THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN FLORENCE. deep reveals, bounded on their outer edge by a plain architrave,are panelled, and a thin arabesque decoration is carried rightup into the heads of the arches, contrasting finely with thenoble…
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