Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 276
. In attempting to apply classicdetails to such a building he was obliged to depart widely from XIV THE RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND 7.-KI classic principles. His scheme, as shown in Kents print(Fig. 134) is as incongruous a mixture as was ever produced bythe Elizabethan craftsmen. This front, in its… … Fig. 134. — Front of uld St. Pauls by Inigo Jones. even Egyptian sources. He has crowned the wall with a pseudo-classic cornice surmounted by a steep gable, he has set obelisks onRoman pedestals over the buttresses, affixed reversed consoles tothe clerestory walls, and built a Corinthian portico…
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