Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 502
s, butare frequently destitute of frieze or cornice. They have usu-ally flat bands at the bottom, and their aperture is a doublesquare. Their recess is very deep, so as not to let the sun fallfar into the interior. The interval between them is very vari-able. In some of the villas of highest… … within are filled with light. When this is the case, the win*dows have friezes and cornices. But, when the building frontsthe south, the interval is often very great, as in the case of the 84 THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE. Villa Porro. The ground-floor windows are frequently set intall arches,…
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