Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 159
is the Pitti Palace, Atfirst sight, you will probably find it just sombreand repulsive; after many visits, its massivemasonry, its dignified architecture, its fine pro-portions will slowly grow upon you. The cen-tral portion alone, in three stories, representsBrunelleschis work; notice the huge… … The Pitti Palace. 109 there were no windows at all on the groundfloor (save the little square openings above),and the facade must then have looked evengloomier than now ; but under the Medici GrandDukes, Bartolommeo Ammanati boldly intro-duced the round-arched windows below, — a featwhich would…
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