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Character of renaissance architecture (1905)

Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 180

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e south side, for instance, has the mediaevalscheme of a shafted round arch of two orders reproduced inneo-classic details, with an entablature for a lintel passingthrough the imposts, and another entablature with a pedimentplaced over the crown of the arch on spandrels in relief. To CHURCH… … Pi( . 82. — Portal of Como. puerile as the scheme is, I believe it is derived from a commonform of Lombard Romanesque porch which is entirely reason-able in design. A comparison of this portal with the porch L 146 ARCHITECTURE OE THE RENAISSANCE of San Zeno of Verona (Fig. 83) will illustrate this.…

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