A cyclopaedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant (1895)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · New York, Scribner's sons · leaf 488
e projectanew, ordered a new design of Sangallo.Ilis elaborate model, 26 ft. long and 13ft. high, is still preserved, and shows aradical c-hango of design. He pretixeil nn insisted on bringing him from Florence totake charge of the work. Michael Angeloat last consented, and in a fortnight pre-pared… … v«.i Fig. 199.—Rome, St. Peters, Rear. enormous narthex. flanked by two hightowers, and reverting to the earlier Re-naissance manner, carried two small orders,separated by a mezzanine, over the wholedesign, instead of tiie single great order oftiie previous architects. But in 15-10 healso died,…
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