Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 272
of severely classic design, have pediments, alternatelycurved and angular, in the lower story, and fiat cornices only inthe story above, while a frieze below the main entablature isadorned in Roman fashion with masks and festoons. It is surprising that such a mechanical reproduction of aforeign… … the NEW YORK] PUBLIC LIBRARY XIV THE RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND 229 no reason for the use of such elements. The low-pitched roof(wholly invisible from any near point of view) is unsuited to theEnglish cHmate, and the parapet and balustrade are equallyinappropriate. Yet of this design Walpole remarks ^…
Architecture, Renaissance
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