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Character of renaissance architecture (1905)

Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 263

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ears to show further that its designer hadeither studied in France, or had borrowed ideas from the platesof Du Cerceaus book. The southwest angle, with its curved bays, in two stories andattic, is more English in character. No neo-classic elementsoccur here, except the entablature bands which crown… … Fig. 129. — Gable of Kirby Hall. xin THE RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND 221 Longford Castle/ another design by John Thorpe, is triangularon plan with a round tower at each angle. Though the buildinghas been more or less altered in some of its details, the mainfeatures tally with Thorpes elevation,…

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