Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 80
s than half as thick (Fig. 25), is pierced with eight pletion of this interior are of no concern here. The arrangement was practically thesame in Bramantes time as it is now. THE DOME OF ST. PETERS 51 wide openings, and its inner and outer faces are each adornedwith an order of pilasters… … FlG. 25. — Plan of Bramantes dome, from Serlio. ence, and gives an effect of lightness and elegance to theexterior, which, together with the lantern at the crown of thedome, goes far to disguise the real likeness of the whole tothe Pantheon scheme. In these changes and additions Bramante was…
Architecture, Renaissance
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