. Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece. he rest, he was probably guided by the prejudices of his has shown great judgment in avoiding anything of a transept, whichmust probably have given rise to another interruption, by making fourchapels on each side, instead of an uneven number. The oval dome hassomething of a crooked appearance, and the details are not good, yet inspite of its defects, it is internally a beautiful little building. Of the out-side, I will say nothing, for there is nothing good to be said. The front of the Church of Santa Maria di Consolazione
. Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece. he rest, he was probably guided by the prejudices of his has shown great judgment in avoiding anything of a transept, whichmust probably have given rise to another interruption, by making fourchapels on each side, instead of an uneven number. The oval dome hassomething of a crooked appearance, and the details are not good, yet inspite of its defects, it is internally a beautiful little building. Of the out-side, I will say nothing, for there is nothing good to be said. The front of the Church of Santa Maria di Consolazione, is perhapsamong the most tolerable of those in Rome, where any considerable en-richment has been attempted; but there are three little churches or cha-pels in the same neighbourhood, where probably the builders were notrich enough to be absurd. The composition of each presents nearly asquare face, ornamented with four Doric pilasters, and crowned with apediment. The parts are differently disposed in each, but all have apleasing simplicity of If 1 mention to you Santa Maria in Campitelli, it is rather because it ispraised by others, than in compliance with my own taste. An effect ofsplendour is obtained by a multiplication of parts, without much de-pendence on each other. It puzzles rather than pleases. 419 LETTER XXVIIL ROME. Rome, 1th April, 1817. We have had some rain here lately, and a good deal of snow upon themountains ; for the Apennine summits present a much greater mass ofwhite than they did at the end of January. In the lower country thewinter seems to he gone. The Anemones (Anemone liortensis) have beenvery plentiful and beautiful; they are now almost over, and the orchideaeare beginning to show their flowers. The weather is delightful, the sun,though bright, is not oppressive, and the night wind is no longer woods of Monte Mario are perfumed with rosemary in full flower;vegetation is everywhere vigorous and beautiful, and all nature feels thege
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