Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 275
ECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE CHAP. tural reason for being) which the orders of the Banqueting Halldo not have. The only other feature of Whitehall that needbe mentioned is the facade of the circular court enclosed by thekings apartments. This is a bizarre design in two stages,with a so-called Persian… … Fig. 133. — Basement of a part of Whitehall. With all his zeal for reform by a stricter conformity toclassic models, the designs of Inigo Jones were never trulyclassical, and they often exhibit ludicrous aberrations. He hadno true conception of the principles of classic art, as no archi-tects of…
Architecture, Renaissance
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