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Character of renaissance architecture (1905)

Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 116

An illustration from Character of renaissance architecture, 1905, leaf 116 — ROMAN RENAISSANCE 85 capitals by means of plan and elevation. He thus introducesa mechanical system modelled after the formulas of Vitruvius.But notwithstanding his ardent advocacy of the principlesof ancient Roman art, Vignola, in his own practice, not onlyaltered the proportions of the orders as… … miRWimmfliiwniiiviiJiuiiiuiiiiiiniiiniiMiiii Fig. 43. — Vignolas entablature. entablature figured in his book,^ which he calls his own inven-tion. In this composition (Fig. 43) we have a pseudo-Doricfrieze between an architrave with multiplied faciae, and a corniceon modillions. In the place of…

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