Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 336
in that de-based age were worthy of admiration. BAROQUE CHURCHES. The Baroque style prevailed inchurch architecture for almost two centuries. The major-ity of the churches present varieties of the cruciform plancrowned by a high dome which is usually the best part ofthe design. Everywhere else the… … FIG. 174.—CHlKCH UK S. M. DELLA SALUTE, VENICE. 304 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. style. Naples is particularly full of Baroque churches (Fig.173), a few of which, like the Gesu Nuovo (1584), are dignifiedand creditable designs. The domical church of S. M. dellaSalute, at Venice (1631), by Longhena, is…
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