Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 368
tower, adorned in the Italian Gothicstyle, with surfaces so richly inlaid that they seem to be Renaissance Style. 345 a Gothic mosaic. Giotto, the architect, intended it to becompleted with a spire. The magnificent dome abovethe choir was designed by Brunelleschi, and built in theperiod of 1421 to… … ■^biuiafe CATHEDRAL AT FLORENCE. This remarkable dome is considered a Renaissance struc-ture, inspired by the stud}^ of the remains of ancientRome. The dome, as the roof over a large space, wasfirst built by these magnificently daring Romans, butfurther than this fact, this dome of Brunelleschi…
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