Character of Renaissance ArchitectureMoore, Charles Herbert
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Character of Renaissance Architecture
Moore, Charles Herbert
Architecture, Renaissance
Mantua, church of Sant’ Andrea, 38–42 (cut and plate);
erected and ornamented on Roman models, 38;
nave, 38 (plate);
piers, 38, 39, 53;
its interior one of the finest of the Renaissance, 39;
its scheme foreshadows that of St. Peter’s, 39, 53;
façade, 39–42 (cut);
early use of so-called colossal order, 40 (cut), 53, 66;
resemblance of central arch to that of ch. of Santa Maria
Novella, Florence, 41;
panelled pilasters, 41, 160;
reflection of, seen in Bramante’s church of San Satiro of Milan,
138.
Martin, _Hist. de France_, 180^1.
_Mathematici, Parere di tre, sopra i danni che si sono trovato
nella cupola di S. Pietro, etc._, 60^1.
Mathematicians’ report on the condition of St. Peter’s dome in
1742, 60.
Mediæval art, structural forms of, formed, for the most part, the
basis of Renaissance design, 43, 247;
considered false and barbaric by the neo-classicists, 97, 248;
its architects transformed the classic orders in a creative way,
248.
Melani, _Architettura Italiana_, 150^1, 154^1, 250^2;
quoted on architecture of the Renaissance, 250.
Metope, problem of making half a metope fall at the end of the
frieze, 121, 122 (cuts).
Michelozzi, The Riccardi, Florence, 103;
praised by Vasari, 105;
the Strozzino, Florence, 106;
chapel of St. Peter Martyr, ch. of Sant’Eustorgio, Milan, 142;
his work in Venice, 149.
Middle Ages, conditions of the, 1;
spirit of, and that of the Renaissance, 2, 5–6;
individuality of, 5.
Middleton, _Ancient Rome_, 52^1;
cited on the dome of the Pantheon, 52^1.
Milan, church of Sant’Eustorgio, chapel of St. Peter Martyr, 142;
circular celled vault, 142.
Church of San Lorenzo mentioned, 140.
Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, 140 (cut);
description of exterior, 140;
dome, 140;
its encircling arcade suggests the encircling colonnade of the
dome of St. Peter’s, 142.
Church of Monasterio Maggiore, 142;
compound window openings, 143.
Church and sacristy of San Satiro, 138–140 (cut);
reflects ch. of St. Andrea of Mantua, 138;
orders of the interior of the sacristy, 139 (cut).
Ospedale Maggiore, 164;
larger features are of mixed and debased mediæval character
with no application of classic orders, 164;
window openings, 165 (cut).
Palazzo Brera, arches sprung from pairs of columns connected by
short entablatures, 166.
Milanesi, cited, 34^1, 35.
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