A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 598
t suggested tothe Pisan architects the form to which they adapted their Romanesquedetails. In both styles the arcade was the original model of the wholesystem of ornamentation. In this case it is used first as a dischargingarch, then as a mere repetition of a useful member, and lastly… … Lli \ itioii \nd s, I tion of tlie Fagide of the Cathedral at Kovara. (From Osten.) who is tracing back and trying to understand the forms of a new style,it would be difficult to conceive anything much uglier and less artisticthan such a fa9ade as this of Novara or that of San Antonio, lastquoted.…
Architecture
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
