A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 264
per b;i.siu only. B. A basin or fountain of ablutions in theatrium of a mcdiaval or early Cliristian liasilica. CANTILEVER. A member intended tosupport an overhanging wciglit, like a bracket :but generally of large size and having a projec-tion much greater than its height; especially, aIirojecting… … Cantilever. CANOVA, ANTONIO ; sculptor; b. Nov..1, 1757; d. Oct. 1-, 1822. Canova was born at Possagno near Treviso,Italy. His most important work iu Rome isthe monument of the Pope Clement XIII. inS. Peter. He designed also the monument toClement XIV. in the church of the S. Apostoli.In the last…
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