Venice: its history, art, industries and modern life; (1896)
Yriarte, Charles [Émile], 1832-1898. [from old catalog], Sitwell, F. J., [from old catalog] tr · Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & co · leaf 120
f a nation with which the commercial relations ofthe Eepublic had been so close for centuries, decreedthat a new building of regular style should be raisedupon the site of the old. But, if Selvatico assertsthat Fra Giocondo was the architect chosen by theSignory, others say that it was Girolamo… … COMMERCIAL HISTORY. 91 side for the unlading of merchandise^ Selvatico ex-presses himself in words which leave no doubt as tothe richness of the decoration. The profile of thewindows is poor^ but they are disposed symmetri-cally enough to produce a simple and noble effect;and in truth they needed…
Art, Italian
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