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 39
529. Angle Window at Venice. (From Street.) 20 ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE. Tart II. beautiful and so interesting that it is hard to criticise even their tooapparent defects as works of art. Most of the faults that strike usin the buildings of Venice arise from the defective knowledge whichthey betray of… … 630. Ponte del Paradiso, Venice. (From Street.) not been brought up in the hard school of practical experience, northoroughly grounded in construction, as the Northern architects wereby the necessities of the large buildings which they erected. On the con-trary, they merely adopted details because…
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