Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece (1828)
Woods, Joseph, 1776-1864 · London, J. and A. Arch · leaf 236
resent, the ancient part of the lantern is surmounted by a slendersteeple, whose outline is that of a column supporting a spire : this, as Ihave already said, was added by Brunelleschi; and it is astonishing, thatliving so nearly in the time of the Gothic architects, he should have beenso deficient… … ♦ CATHEDRAL AT MILAN. 207 contemplated as a simple mass without the details, is everywhere displeas-ing. Another remarkable circumstance is the want of apparent size. Thatit does not look very high (although the head of the figure which crownsthe spires is 360 feet from the pavement,) may perhaps…
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