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 37
in this palace is worth re-marking before leaving it—that almost all the beauty ascribed to itsupper storey arises from the polychromatic mode of decoration intro-duced by disposing pieces of different coloured marbles in diaperpatterns. This is better done here than in Florence ; inasmuch as… … I I I Ca dOro, Venice. (From Cicognara.) and to extol that as beautiful, which without the adjunct of colourthey would have unanimously agreed in condemning. A better specimen of the style, because erected as designed, andremaining nearly as erected, is the Ca dOro (Woodcut No. 528),1built in the…
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