. The builders of Florence . ich display the gold and silverwares of Florence. And this Baroque then, which it is the fashion of our age todecry, perhaps unduly or at least thoughtlessly, what are weto say of it here? Why, first, that it is above all the prevailingarchitectural fashion of Rome; the Rome which lies on thesurface, open to every visitor, and free to make its immediateimpression on his sense and mind. Bernino and Borromini havenot lived and wrought in vain. The classic ruins and remains ofthe city must be sought for each in its separate site, and seenunder circumstances of difficu
. The builders of Florence . ich display the gold and silverwares of Florence. And this Baroque then, which it is the fashion of our age todecry, perhaps unduly or at least thoughtlessly, what are weto say of it here? Why, first, that it is above all the prevailingarchitectural fashion of Rome; the Rome which lies on thesurface, open to every visitor, and free to make its immediateimpression on his sense and mind. Bernino and Borromini havenot lived and wrought in vain. The classic ruins and remains ofthe city must be sought for each in its separate site, and seenunder circumstances of difficulty that almost preclude any sus-tained and overwhelming impression. The same may be said, andwith even greater force and truth, of the mediaeval monuments. InRome it is the Baroque that triumphs, easily and inevitably, overthe observers mind ; from his first impressions in the Piazza delPopolo, through all his wanderings in Roman streets, to the great 1 Hence the term plateresque, used of this style in the Spanish l^^^ J^^;/L ?r fr yjmr -? *^ =
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