Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 66
made a frank return to Roman models in the structuralforms of the whole edifice, as well as in the ornamental details— a thing that was rarely done by the architects of the Renais-sance. The plan (Fig. 18) is, however, cruciform, and the domeover the crossing is supported in the Byzantine manner on… … ffHE NEW YORK^ PU BUG LiHRABY! CHURCH ARCHITECTURE 39 square chamber within it, so that it does not look as massive onthe plan as it does in elevation. The east end has the strictlyRoman form of a semicircular apse with a half-dome vault.The details of the interior consist of a single order of…
Architecture, Renaissance
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