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Character of Renaissance Architecture

Chapter 23: European Architecture
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The author analyzes the principles and practices that shaped Renaissance architecture, emphasizing its departure from medieval building methods and its complex relationship with classical models. He evaluates structural achievements such as the great dome and assesses constructional ingenuity alongside aesthetic shortcomings in order usage and ornament. Church design, civic and domestic architecture receive detailed study through measured examples and technical diagrams, while the role of painting and decorative taste in shaping architectural form is considered. The text combines critical history, constructive analysis, and illustrated comparisons to clarify the character and limitations of Renaissance building.

European Architecture

A HISTORICAL STUDY

BY

RUSSELL STURGIS, A.M., Ph.D., F.A.I.A.

_President of the Fine Arts Federation of New York; Post-President of the Architectural_ _League of New York; Vice-President of the National_ _Sculpture Society; etc._


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OUTLOOK

“To the literature of architecture no American is better qualified to make a contribution of lasting value than Mr. Russell Sturgis.”

THE ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ REVIEW

“Mr. Sturgis tells his readers exactly what the purpose of his book is, and raises no expectations that are not fully realized.... It cannot be too widely known or too carefully studied.... Nothing Mr. Sturgis can say on the subject of architecture can fail to be interesting and instructive.... It is not too much to say that this single work forms the best introduction to the serious study of European architecture ever published.”

THE INDEPENDENT

“In Mr. Sturgis’s ‘European Architecture’ rare good taste, simple truth, and great knowledge combine to satisfy eye and mind.”


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