Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 287
the angles of the secondstory. These tall arcades, resting on slender columns,give a wonderful effect of spreading lightness to thefagadc, and break up its great bulk without disturbingthe general impression of strength and dignity. As askilful distribution of masses the elevation of the… … VILLA CICOGNA, BISUSCHIO VILOMBARD VILLAS ON the walls of the muniment-room of the oldBorromeo palace in Milan, Michelino, a little-known painter of the fifteenth century, hasdepicted the sports and diversions of that noble family.Here may be seen ladies in peaked hennins and longdrooping sleeves,…
