A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 349
ould have made it toolarge for their skill to execute, so they met the difficulty by adoptinga hexagon, which, though producing a certain variety of perspective,fits awkwardly with the lines of columns, and twists the vaults to anunpleasant extent. Still a dome of moderate height, and 58 ft.… … 760. Pain of Cathedral at Siena. (Fromthe Eglises Principales dEurope.)Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. Bk. VIII. Ch. III. CATHEDRAL AT SIENA. 329 and gorgeous furniture of the church, it makes up a whole of greatbeauty. The circular pier-arches, however, and the black and whitestripes by. which the exterior…
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