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Character of renaissance architecture (1905)

Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 253

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, but not faradvanced in construction at the time of his death, and never 1 Op. cit., bk. 8, chap. 9. The pages here are not numbered. P ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE CHAP, completed. The exterior f agade of the bassc-coiirt is divided intoa long series of bays (Fig. 125) by colossal rusticated… … Fig. 125. — Fagade of Charleval, Du Cerceau. two orders, which interpenetrates the bed mouldings of thecontinuous cornice. Since the architrave and frieze are notcarried along the intervening walls, the pilasters have no realentablature to support even in appearance. Another unmean-ing freak of…

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