Character of Renaissance ArchitectureMoore, Charles Herbert
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Character of Renaissance Architecture
Moore, Charles Herbert
Architecture, Renaissance
Fine Arts, of an epoch, the expression of its conditions, 1, 3;
of the Renaissance, spirit of, 3, 4, 6;
of the Middle Ages, spirit of, 2, 5.
Flamboyant Gothic style of Castle Châteaudun, 184 (cut).
Florence, condition in Middle Ages and in Renaissance, 2, 3;
Board of Works of Florence cathedral, 21, 22^1.
Badia, façade, 32 (cut).
Baptistery, dome, details of construction, 14 (cut);
forms inspiration for dome of the Florence cathedral, 16, 20;
entablature, 30^1;
attic wall, 31;
Ghiberti gates, inorganic composition with over-naturalism in
details, 173 (cut).
Cathedral of, dome, 10–25;
design of Arnolfo, 13 (cut);
modelled on the dome of the Baptistery, 16, 20, 50;
details of construction, 16–20;
its rib system gives it nothing of Gothic character, 20;
shell, 16, 54;
rib system, 16 (cuts), 55;
binding chains, 19, 22;
magnitude of the work, 21, 22;
deliberations of the Board of Works, 21^1, 22^1;
scaffolding, 21^3;
is fundamentally false in principle, 22, 23, 24;
stability of, 23;
lantern, 25;
has nothing of classic Roman character, 25;
its octagonal form, 55^1;
its fine features, 65.
Chapel of the Pazzi, 26–32 (cuts);
its central vault, 27 (cut), 56;
interior, 28–30 (cut);
Byzantine in form, 29;
orders of, 29, 31, 32;
entablature, 29, 30 (cut);
portico, 30 (cut), 134;
panelled attic wall, 31, 81;
false use of the orders, 109;
leafage of capitals, 175.
Church of Santa Croce, pulpit, carving of, 171, 172 (cut);
leafage of capitals, 176;
_see_ Chapel of the Pazzi.
Church of Sant’ Jacopo Soprarno, 32.
Church of San Lorenzo, 33;
celled vault, 33;
mediæval features, 34;
piers, 34 (cut).
Church of Santa Maria del Fiore, false front of wood mentioned,
120.
Church of Santa Maria Novella, 35;
façade, 35–38 (cut), 42;
orders, 35 (cut), 112;
mediæval features, 35, 38;
portal, 36 (cut), 41;
tower, 82.
Church of Santo Spirito, 33;
spire-like tower of, 81 (cut);
pseudo-classic details, 82;
lantern, 83.
Museum, Roman arabesque used as model for Renaissance, 167 (cut);
pilaster with carving of a meaningless and artificial
composition, 173 (cut).
Palazzo Bartolini, 109,
window openings, 109 (cut), 116;
Palazzo Gondi, 107,
arcades of the court, 107,
leafage of capitals, 176 (cut);
Palazzo Guardagni, 107;
Palazzo Mozzi, 102;
the Pitti palace, its façade as monotonous as the Claudian
aqueduct, which it resembles, 106;
the Quaratesi, 106;
Palazzo Riccardi, 103 (cut and plate),
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