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 98
ionmore advanced than either is the vestibule to the Florentinesacristy (Plate 16), a corridor forty-two feet long and nineteenfeet wide, with a beautiful wagon-vaulted ceiling, all of blue stone(pietra serena), divided into compartments enriched with carving,and springing from an entablature… … Santa Maria Novella, Florence. with long finger-shaped leaves, make a closer approach to theperfection of the Greek and Roman prototypes than had beenformerly reached. It is from the design of Andrea da MonteSansovino, who was employed in his youth to carve some ofthe capitals of the adjoining…
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