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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 351

An illustration from A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day, 1874, leaf 351 — lar to that repre-sented in Wood-cut No. 761. Asa frontispiece, ifelaborately sculp-tured and painted,it is not withoutconsiderable ap-propriateness andeven beauty ; but,as an architec-tural object, it isinfinitely inferiorto the double-towered facades of the Northern cathedrals, or even to those… … 762. Plan of Cathedral at Florence. (From Isabelle,Circulaires.) Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. Edifices Indeed, like the Bk. VIII. Ch. III. CATHEDRAL AT FLORENCE. 331 Italian Gothic buildings generally, it depended on painting, sculpture,and carving for its effect far more than on architectural…

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