Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 98
actually advanced by them. 66 CHAP. V THE ROMAN RENAISSANCE 67 inappropriateness as ornament in such a system, its exaggeratedscale dwarfs the effect of magnitude in the whole interior. Theeye naturally estimates this magnitude by the customary propor-tions of a large classic order, and while these… … Fig. 31. — Plan of St. Peters, from Fontana. is not apt to reaHze how far it exceeds the largest orders ofantiquity. The order of the Parthenon is about forty-five feethigh, and that of the portico of the Pantheon is about sixty feet.These are exceptionally large among the orders of Greek andRoman…
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