. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. t of the seventeenth century. The entire building hasa frontage of nearly nine hundred feet, of which the portion stand-ing in front of the central court is all that can be connected withthe design of Filarete. This has a length of about two hundred andfifty feet, and is a remarkable example of terra-cotta decoration, butcan scarcely be said to have any other merit. It has two stories ofclumsy two-light pointed windows, the lower occupying the intervals of a vigorous arcadeof round arches onstout
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. t of the seventeenth century. The entire building hasa frontage of nearly nine hundred feet, of which the portion stand-ing in front of the central court is all that can be connected withthe design of Filarete. This has a length of about two hundred andfifty feet, and is a remarkable example of terra-cotta decoration, butcan scarcely be said to have any other merit. It has two stories ofclumsy two-light pointed windows, the lower occupying the intervals of a vigorous arcadeof round arches onstout three - quartercolumns with foliatedcapitals, — the upperenclosed in squarepanels. The pointedbearing - arches aresurrounded by broadquadruple bands ofornament, which haveneither the vigorof the outworn Lom-bard sculpture northe grace of thecoming archivolts ofthe arcade and thebroad frieze whichseparates the storiesare scarcely in theheads of the bear-ing - arches and inthe spandrils containbusts in high relief,which are of a dis-tinctly superior Fig. 400. Florence. The Bigallo. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE 305 The Ospedale Militare at Perugia occupies what seems a thirteenthcentury palace, of which the most interesting feature is a ^tfine court with two stories of open galleries, the lower with pointed arches of excellent brickwork on low octagonal piers
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