Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 144
O U o CQ M ■ < o EARLY RENAISSANCE IN ITALY, II Balusters. The balustrade in the various forms with which weare famihar was an invention of the Itahan Renaissance.Roman antiquity knew nothing of the balustrade; inits place the Romans had only either the solid parapetor railings framed of… … Fig. 69.—Seven Types of Baluster. as parapets along the edges of church roofs or forstairways. The earliest Renaissance balustrade is thatwhich crowns the Pitti Palace at Florence (Fig. 69 «) ;it is probably by Brunelleschi, and consists of a row ofcolonnettes supporting the rail (1435-46). Who it…
Decoration and ornament
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