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Character of renaissance architecture (1905)

Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 148

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arrow intervals being narrower than in theCancelleria, and in the portico the interval on the axis, opposite PALACE ARCHITECTURE 5 the portal, is wider than the other wide ones, while at each enda column is necessarily paired with a pilaster. The plain wallof the upper stories is uniformly… … V!^ Fig. 62. — Portico of the Massimi, Rome. Above are two tiers of small oblong rectangular windows withcartouche frames. The details of this fa(^ade have great refine-ment, and show the influence of Alberti. The Roman Doricorder of the portico has much simple beauty. The entasis ofthe columns is…

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