Character of Renaissance ArchitectureMoore, Charles Herbert
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Character of Renaissance Architecture
Moore, Charles Herbert
Architecture, Renaissance
Porches, church of San Zeno of Verona, a model from which an
illogical form of Renaissance portal is derived, 146 (cut);
Cranborn Manor-House, England, illustrates Elizabethan
neo-classic ornamentation, 221, 222 (cut);
Kirby Hall, England, 220;
resemble Louvre pavilions, 220.
Portals, from Serlio, in which the entablature is removed between
the ressauts, 117, 118 (cut);
illogical use of arch and entablature in the portals of north
Italy, 144, 145 (cuts);
illogical Renaissance portal derived from the porch of San Zeno
of Verona, 146 (cut);
unreason of Renaissance portals compared with those of Greek or
Gothic art, 156;
of cath. of Como, illogical use of arch and entablature, 144, 145
(cut), 149;
Stanway House (England) gatehouse, neo-classic features, 223;
Wollaton Hall, England, illustrates Elizabethan neo-classic
ornamentation, 224 (cut);
ch. of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 36 (cut), 41;
château of Azay le Rideau, France, neo-classic details worked
into a pseudo-Gothic scheme, 184;
château of Chenonceaux, France, Flamboyant and neo-classic forms
combined, 188 (cut);
ch. of San Pietro in Cielo d’Oro, Pavia, 148 (cut);
Palazzo Cancelleria, Rome, of almost Greek purity of design, 114;
Scuola di San Marco, Venice, 156 (cut);
Porta del Palio, Verona, 125 (cut).
Portico, château of Écouen, the order of a Roman temple is produced
without admixture of mediæval details or Italian corruptions,
192.
Raphael, plans for St. Peter’s, Rome, 47^2.
Ravenna, ch. of San Vitale mentioned, 140.
Relief carving of the Renaissance, _see_ Carving, Architectural, of
the Renaissance.
Renaissance, conditions of, 1;
intellectual movement in, 2, 8;
neo-pagan revival in, 2, 8;
its spirit as manifested in its fine arts, 3, 4, 6, 8;
its architects were sculptors and painters, 6;
art of painting in, 7.
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