Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 42
drum, and consists of two nearly con-centric shells of masonry, with an interval between them.Eight vast ribs of stone rise from the angles of the drum and 1 This has been based on the affirmations of Vasari, who states that it was Bru-nelleschis purpose to restore to light the good {i.e. the… … DOME OF BRUNELLESCHIFlorence ^Uhi, ^^^i-ii?^•A:,l<^i ^^^T:!*?- ^eo>:^,^ / THE DOME OF FLORENCE 17 converge on the curb of an opening at the crown. These ribsextend in depth through the whole thickness of the double vaultand unite its two shells. Between each pair of these great ribstwo lesser…
Architecture, Renaissance
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