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 394
e transepts.In no church in Italy is there such poetry of perspective as in lookinganglewise across the intersection, and seldom anywhere a more satis-tory interior than that of this church. The exterior too is almost equally pleasing. The side-aisles areadorned with a range of blind arches running… … 374 ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE. Part II. the facades formed into an open gallery; a second open galleryrepresents the sloping roof of the aisles, a third the clerestory, a fourththe slopes of the great roof. The difficulty here, as in almost allItalian designs, is caused by the sloping roofs; but, with…
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