Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Detroit, Mich., Published for the Bay View Reading Club by the Macmillan Company, New York · leaf 99
changes inplan, all with the general purpose of increase in size, con-tinued to be made and the most famous building of the 90 Re7iaissance mid Modern Art. Renaissance dates in its present fa9ade and in the details ofinterior decoration from the seventeenth century only. As regards prodigal luxury… … FiG. 43.—St. Peters Church. Rome. lion—the idea that expensive materials and lavish displayare alone sufficient to satisfy the demands of high art. Inthis sense we are obliged to make certain reservationsregarding St. Peters, and all buildings of the time of itscompletion, without wishing to deny…
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