Character of Renaissance ArchitectureMoore, Charles Herbert
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Character of Renaissance Architecture
Moore, Charles Herbert
Architecture, Renaissance
moderation shown in, 103, 110,
façade, 103,
window openings, 103,
arcades of interior court, 104;
Palazzo Rucellai, 107, 108 (cut),
application of classic orders, 108, 112,
window openings, 109,
rustication of the masonry, 109,
resemblance between Palazzo Cancelleria and, 112, 114;
Palazzo Strozzi, 106,
cornice, 106,
fortress-like character, 106;
the Strozzino, 106;
Palazzo Vecchio, 102.
Florentine Renaissance, church architecture of the, 26–43 (cuts and
plate);
palace architecture, 102–111 (cuts and plate);
_see_ Renaissance architecture.
Foliation, the finest feature of Renaissance architectural carving,
174.
Fontana, Carlo, cited on dome of Pisa, 13^1;
cited on stability of Florence dome, 23^3;
quoted on Michael Angelo, 55^1, 24^1;
cited on safety of St. Peter’s dome, 59;
_Il Tempio Vaticano e sua Origine_, etc., Discritto dal Cav.
Carlo Fontana, etc., 71^2;
cited on short-sighted admiration of St. Peter’s, 71;
cited on binding chains, 74.
France, Châteaux of, _see_ Renaissance in France.
Castle Châteaudun, portal and bay in the Flamboyant Gothic style,
184 (cut).
Château of Azay le Rideau, 182–187 (cuts);
general description, 182–184;
portal and bay of characteristic French Renaissance design in
which neo-classic details are worked into a pseudo-Gothic
scheme, 184–187 (cut);
window openings, 186;
one of the finest monuments of the early Renaissance in the
country, 187;
portal, 214.
Château of Blois, cornice with neo-classic and mediæval elements
combined, 182, (cut);
court façade, 188–190 (cut);
superimposed orders of pilasters of the court façade ornamented
with bead mouldings, 188 (cut);
polygonal staircase tower, 190 (cut);
garden façade, 190;
open gallery of, 191.
Château of Chambord, its multiplicity of soaring features
resembles a late Gothic building, 191;
resemblance of Longford Castle, England, to, 221.
Château of Charleval, 209–213 (cuts);
exterior façade, pilasters which have no entablature to
support, 210;
unmeaning variation of the detail of the several bays, 210;
interior façade, the division of the building into two stories
not expressed on the outside, 211;
court of Kirby Hall, England, resembles, 218.
Château of Chenonceaux, portal where Flamboyant idea is treated
in neo-classic details, 188 (cut).
Château of Écouen, architectural scheme is comparatively simple,
191;
in the portico of the court is reproduced the order of a Roman
temple without admixture of mediæval details or Italian
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