Character of Renaissance ArchitectureMoore, Charles Herbert
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Character of Renaissance Architecture
Moore, Charles Herbert
Architecture, Renaissance
Entablature, passing through the arch impost, 29, 30 (cut);
in Roman art, 29, 30, 37;
springing of a vault from, 29, 68;
Vignola’s, 85 (cut);
removing of, between the ressauts, 117 (cut);
Roman arch and entablature scheme applied to a continuous arcade,
118, 119;
breaking of, 134 (cut), 199 (cut);
used with the arch illogically in the portals of north Italy,
144, 145 (cuts);
ch. of Santissima Annunziatta, Arezzo, 83 (cut);
the chapel of the Pazzi, Florence, running through the impost, 29
(cut);
façade of ch. of Sant’Andrea of Mantua, 40 (cut);
ch. of Sant’Andrea di Ponte Molle, Rome, the two parts which have
no _raison d’être_ under a vault have been omitted, 89 (cut);
ch. of San Biagio, Montepulciano, Rome, 78 (cut);
the Gesù, Rome, has no ressauts except at the crossing, 92;
ch. of St. Paul outside the wall, Rome, 30^1;
St. Peter’s, Rome, interior, dwarfs the effect of its altitude,
68;
façade of ch. of San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, 100;
of ch. of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, placed above small
pilasters of the archivolts, 98;
The Redentore, Venice, 101;
Todi, 75, 76 (cut).
Entablature block, in Roman art, 30, 37;
in ch. of San Lorenzo, Florence, 33 (cut);
in façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 36 (cut);
in nave of ch. of Sant’Agostino, Rome, 72 (cut).
Entasis of columns in church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 98.
Façades, of the Badia of Fiesole, 32 (cut);
chapel of the Pazzi, Florence, 30 (cut);
ch. of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 35 (cut);
old St. Paul’s cathedral, London, incongruous mixture of, 230–232
(cut);
Whitehall, London, banqueting hall, 227 (plate),
Westminster front, 229 (cut),
circular court, 230;
ch. of Sant’Andrea of Mantua, 39–42 (cut);
ch. of the Gesù, Rome, Vignola’s, 92–95 (cuts),
Della Porta’s, 95 (cut);
ch. of Sant’Andrea di Ponte Molle, Rome, 86–88 (cut), 92;
ch. of Sant’Agostino, Rome, 74 (cut);
Palazzo Cancelleria, Rome, description of, 112–114 (cut),
projecting bays at each end, 113,
portal of almost Greek purity of design, 114;
Palazzo Massimi, Rome, 114–116 (cut);
ch. of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 99 (cut);
Scuola di San Marco (Venice), 156–158 (cut);
ch. of Santa Maria dei Miracole, Venice, a marvel of excellence
in mechanical execution, 151, 152 (cut).
Fiesole, church of the Badia, façade, 32 (cut);
likeness to chapel of the Pazzi, 32.
Filarete, Antonio, Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, 164 (cut);
window openings, 165 (cut);
arabesque on door-valves of St. Peter’s, Rome, 170 (cut).
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