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Renaissance and modern art (1908)

Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Detroit, Mich., Published for the Bay View Reading Club by the Macmillan Company, New York · leaf 55

An illustration from Renaissance and modern art, 1908, leaf 55
ern quality have disguised itself in Italy by thatimitation of ancient Roman art and architecture which isthe one essential feature of the Renaissance style ? Beforeanswering this question, let us verify this essential featurein details and by examples (Figs. 12-29, inclusive). In its developed… … Fig. 12.—Renaissance Pediment, Entablature, and Engaged Columns. Equitable Building, New York. The Traits of Reyiaissance Architecture. 47 frequent employment of the engaged columns and en-gaged entablatures, that is, of the simulated Greek colon-nades familiar on Roman ruins; and the gable-shaped…

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