. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig. 413. Venice. Palazzo degli Ambasciatori. 258 ARCHITECTURE IN IlALY. Fig. 414. Venice. Windows of Palazzo Cicogna. The Palazzo Ci-cogna has its pergoloof six arches in thethird story, andabove the arches adouble range of in-tersecting circles en-closing effect is sino-u-larly light and grace-ful. (Fig. 414.) An unusual varia-tion in the form ofthe arch is seen in apalace at San the cuspis a detail quitewithin the main lineof the arch itself. Inthis example there
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig. 413. Venice. Palazzo degli Ambasciatori. 258 ARCHITECTURE IN IlALY. Fig. 414. Venice. Windows of Palazzo Cicogna. The Palazzo Ci-cogna has its pergoloof six arches in thethird story, andabove the arches adouble range of in-tersecting circles en-closing effect is sino-u-larly light and grace-ful. (Fig. 414.) An unusual varia-tion in the form ofthe arch is seen in apalace at San the cuspis a detail quitewithin the main lineof the arch itself. Inthis example thereis no enclosing line,but the arch itselfhas the cusped form,and the ornament,which in this case is a thin billet or dentil, follows its outline. The upper portion ofthe arch is an ogee, but there is no finial. Small roundels enclosingsculpture are set in the spaces between the arch-heads, and the archesspring not as is usual from columns, but from square pilasters. () On the island of Murano the Palazzo da Mula has a beautifulfront, in which the central pergolo, of four arches, without tracery,is flanked on the right and left by one two-light pointed windo
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