Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 113
h of thatelegance which belongs to the bestItalian work, they are out of place insuch a structure. The tall pilaster-strips of the mediaeval tower gave anexpression as of an organic skeletonrunning through the building. Theyhad been developed out of the classicpilaster to meet the needs of the… … Fig. 41. —Tower of Santo Spirito. THE ROMAN RENAISSANCE 83 The lantern with which this tower is crowned is an adapta-tion of Brunelleschis lantern on the dome of the cathedral, butmade more aspirins:^ in form, so that the general outline is likethat of a Gothic spire. But the form of a Gothic spire…
Architecture, Renaissance
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