Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Detroit, Mich., Published for the Bay View Reading Club by the Macmillan Company, New York · leaf 92
tinction given to each block of stoneby its projected setting. Others of the most famous fifteenth century Florentinepalaces do not show even the modest amount of exteriorornament which appears here. The most famous of all,and of all modern palaces, is the Palace Pitti (Fig. 37)dating from… … FiG. 36.—Palace Rucellai. Florence. By LeonBattista Alberti. Fifteenth Century. 84 Renaissayice and Modern Art. ness is a means to one of the finest effects in architecture,and was much employed by the greatest of American archi-tects, H. H. Richardson, lately deceased. This methodwas known to the…
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