Character of Renaissance ArchitectureMoore, Charles Herbert
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Character of Renaissance Architecture
Moore, Charles Herbert
Architecture, Renaissance
Bullant, _Reigle Géneralle de Architecture_, 192^1;
his reproduction of the order of a Roman temple in the portico
of the château of Écouen, 192.
Buttresses, in support of domes, 10, 53;
of St. Peter’s, Rome, 53 (cut), 55, 56, 59;
of a circular Gothic vault, 57^1;
concealing of, in St. Paul’s, London, 244, 245 (cut).
Byzantine architecture, 6, 7;
term loosely applied, 29^1;
the dome on pendentives is the distinguishing structural feature
of, 29^1;
their domes were properly constructed, 63;
scheme prevails in Renaissance architecture, 74.
Caen, church of St. Pierre, exterior of apse with Lombard
Renaissance details applied to a Flamboyant structural scheme,
214.
Cambridge, England, Caius College, gate of honor, neo-classic
features, 223.
Carving, architectural, of the Renaissance, 167–178 (cuts):
Sculpture of the human figure on Renaissance buildings has little
proper architectural character, 167;
Relief carving, 167–178 (cuts);
pictorial treatment of, 158;
a great deal is in close imitation of Roman models, 167 (cut),
171, 172;
the best is superior to that of ancient Rome, 168, 170, 176;
conventionalization of forms, 169 (plate and cut);
formal convolutions of, 170, 171;
the finish, in many cases, mere surface smoothing, 170, 171;
two schemes which are used with wearisome repetition, 171;
arrangement of composition and treatment of details often
artificial and inorganic, 172 (cut), 173 (cuts);
the finest forms those of foliation, 170, 174;
leafage of capitals, 175–178 (cuts);
artificial convention of the ridges which mark the subdivisions
of the leaf surface, 176 (cuts);
the grotesque is uniformly weak and characterless, 176–178
(cuts);
_Putti_ are without particular merit as design, 178.
Casati, _I Capi d’Arte di Bramante da Urbino nel Milanese_, 138^1,
142^1.
Cecchini, _Opinione Intorno lo Stato della gran Cupola del Duomo di
Firenze_, 24^1;
cited on the stability of the dome of Florence cathedral, 23^3,
24^1.
Celled vault, a Gothic circular, 20, 21;
nature of its construction, 56–59 (cuts).
Chains, binding, 12, 22, 74;
of the dome of Florence cathedral, 19, 24^1;
of St. Peter’s, Rome, 59, 60.
Chambers, Sir William, _Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil
Architecture_, 134^1.
Chimney-stacks in shape of Doric columns in Elizabethan houses, 217
(cut), 223.
Church, the, in Middle Ages and Renaissance period, 1–3.
Church architecture, of the Florentine Renaissance, 26–43 (cuts);
of the Roman Renaissance, 66–101 (cuts);
of the Renaissance in North Italy, 135–153.
Clamps, metal, used in masonry, 22^2;
of St. Peter’s dome, 60.
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