FOOTNOTES:[A]Of course this needs modification, since the mediæval buildings of Italy were accessible to the designers of the Renaissance. What I suppose I had in mind was to point out that they had no knowledge of the original Grecian monuments, from which the classical Roman architecture was derived.[B]“Recent Building in New York,” 1883.[C]Died 1883.[D]See illustration,page 39.[E]The alternative of a domical construction is not here considered, though it was adopted in that one of the designs for the Cathedral of New York that was chosen for further development. The competitive design could not be accepted as a solution of the problem, since the domed interior was masked, instead of being expressed, by the exterior.[F]See Mr. Charles Herbert Moore’s excellent “Development and Character of Gothic Architecture,” published since this paper was written; a work which no student of Gothic or of cathedral-building can afford not to read.[G]See illustration,p. 75.
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[A]Of course this needs modification, since the mediæval buildings of Italy were accessible to the designers of the Renaissance. What I suppose I had in mind was to point out that they had no knowledge of the original Grecian monuments, from which the classical Roman architecture was derived.
[A]Of course this needs modification, since the mediæval buildings of Italy were accessible to the designers of the Renaissance. What I suppose I had in mind was to point out that they had no knowledge of the original Grecian monuments, from which the classical Roman architecture was derived.
[B]“Recent Building in New York,” 1883.
[B]“Recent Building in New York,” 1883.
[C]Died 1883.
[C]Died 1883.
[D]See illustration,page 39.
[D]See illustration,page 39.
[E]The alternative of a domical construction is not here considered, though it was adopted in that one of the designs for the Cathedral of New York that was chosen for further development. The competitive design could not be accepted as a solution of the problem, since the domed interior was masked, instead of being expressed, by the exterior.
[E]The alternative of a domical construction is not here considered, though it was adopted in that one of the designs for the Cathedral of New York that was chosen for further development. The competitive design could not be accepted as a solution of the problem, since the domed interior was masked, instead of being expressed, by the exterior.
[F]See Mr. Charles Herbert Moore’s excellent “Development and Character of Gothic Architecture,” published since this paper was written; a work which no student of Gothic or of cathedral-building can afford not to read.
[F]See Mr. Charles Herbert Moore’s excellent “Development and Character of Gothic Architecture,” published since this paper was written; a work which no student of Gothic or of cathedral-building can afford not to read.
[G]See illustration,p. 75.
[G]See illustration,p. 75.