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 512
Bk. IX. Ch. VII. MOSCOW. 491 complicated a building. At the same time it must be imagined aspainted with the most brilliant colors; its domes gilt, and relievedby blue, green, and red, and altogether a combination of as muchbarbarity as it is possible to bring together in so small a space. To … crown the whole, according to the legend, Ivan ordered the eyes of thearchitect to be put out lest he should ever surpass his own handi-work ; and we may feel grateful that nothing so barbarous was everafterwards attempted in Europe. Though not strictly speaking in Russia itself, there is at…
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