Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 219
Fig. 104. — Roman leafage. Turning now to the Renaissance leafage of capitals, we may-take, first, any one of the portico of the Pazzi chapel by Brunel-leschi. The obtuseness shown here (Fig. 105) to the fine quali-ties of natural forms that may be made effective as architectural■ornament is really… … Fig. 105. — Leafage ofBrunelleschi. kind with emphasis on the artificial conventions of Roman art.The rigid Hnes and rectangular sections of the furrows, eachending abruptly in a straight line across the bottom, and the unmodelled flatness of the interveningsurfaces indicate a surprising lack…
Architecture, Renaissance
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