Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 141
nave windows of un-usual elegance of design byTommaso Rodari (about1500). They are unusualin having flanking pilasterswith arabesques surmount-ed by dwarf pilasters car-rying a delicately moldedpediment. It was not un-til the Transition thatpilasters and columns cameinto general use to flankwindow… … Fig. 68.—Niche axd Statue, TombIN FiAscHi Chapel, GenoaCathedral. Niches to containcapped with a fluted shell (Fig. 68)feature in Renaissance practice is not easy to determine.It is rarely if ever found in ancient Roman architecture,except in Baalbek and Palmyra in Syria, which wereunknown to the…
Decoration and ornament
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