Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 255
^ But why should an architect wish to do any such thing? The fact that he didSO shows again the factitious and unreasonable character of this Renaissance design. 212 ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE chap. is forced to embrace the whole front as if it were onestage. And he adds : Cetait la Ioeuvre… … FiG. 126. — Interior facade of Charleval, Du Cerceau. tive appearance of only one story; so that this part of the designmay, as the writer says in another place, be in better scale withthe order. But the distinguished author betrays embarrassmentin dealing further with these architectural…
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