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Character of renaissance architecture (1905)

Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 225

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Fig. 110. — Cornice of Blois. 182 ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE CHAP. are ornamented with debased Gothic details almost exclusively.The neo-classic elements are introduced sparingly, and arehardly noticeable in the general effect. An illustration of thisis afforded in those parts of the chateau… … Fig. III. — Azay le Kideau. a curious medley, though of no exceptional kind. Against aflat lower member is a corbel-table (a Romanesque feature)treated in a Flamboyant way, the small arches being splayedand having the three-centred form. The crowning mould-ings have approximately true Gothic…

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