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Character of renaissance architecture (1905)

Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 130

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isles and a high nave obliges the designer to makeawkward combinations, and to violate true classic usage in THE ROMAN RENAISSANCE 99 manifold ways, as we have already abundantly seen. He mustassociate large and small orders, and give them relationshipsand adjustments that belong to mediaeval,… … FlG. 54. — Facade of San Giorgio. ica without any disguises in the way of reversed consoles overthe aisle compartments, or divisions contradicting those of theinterior. Instead of the superimposed orders of Vignolas westfronts, Palladio has here, in the nave compartment, one greatorder of engaged…

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