A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 401
the frequentinisiuulerstaudingin descriptions ofItalian interiors,the mountings andsettings of pictures,or the like. — R. S.Block Cornice.In ueoclassic ar-chitecture, a wallcornice producedby a simplificationof the classic en-tablature. ModiUions of some sort, usually veryplain, carry a cornice… … Cornice, S. Francesco,Brescia, Italy. CORO COROTCIONE. In Itahan liuildiugs of theRenaissance, and later styles, a wall conuce (seeCornice), so proportioned as to accommodate it-self to the whole height uf the wall and the wholemass of the buikhng. The supi)osition is thateach fotory has its own…
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