Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 108
he pilasters and simulated archivolts which springfrom them. These piers and arches really embrace in width THE ROMAN RENAISSANCE 77 both the pilasters and archivolts and the spaces of wall andvaulting between them and the pilasters of the smaller ordersand ribs which spring from them. The proper… … Fig. 37. — Plan of San Biagio. The exterior of this monument (Fig. 35) has much merit inits general form and proportions. The great central squaremass, visible from the ground upward, gives the sense of sup-port for the dome which the eye demands, and the apses withtheir half-domes are effectively…
Architecture, Renaissance
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