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PRACTICE OF ARCIHTECTUHE. Book HI.

al)l)ot of Clugiiy in the rei,<!;ns of
Francis I. and Henry II. Its proportions are not much
dissimilar from tlie two
last
examples.
Fli'. 975.
FiK. 974.
Fig. 975.
2761. Fig. 974. is a window constantly used by Palladio. Tlie opening is a double
square, the breadth of the architrave equal to one sixth of the aperture, and the frieze and
cornice together equal to double the height of the architrave. The breadth of the con-
soles equal to two thirds the width of the architrave. The
breaks over the consoles in tlie
hod mouldings of the cornice are perhaps not strictly correct, but are deviations from pro-
priety which may be tolerated. The breaks in the upper
vertical parts of the architrave
would perhaps be better omitted. The practice generally
should be avoided, except in
cases where a greater length of cornice is wanted for the
purpose of filling the bare walls
to wliich the windows are applied.
2762. Fi(j. 975. is from the Banqueting House at Whitehall, by Inigo Jones. Th
aperture is a double square, the entablature one fourth of its
height, and the architrave somewliat more than one sixth of its
width.
276,'?. Fig. 976. is by Michael Angelo, and executed at the
Farnese palace at Rome. It possesses all the wildness and
fancy of the master, and though abounding with faults, is
redeemed by its grandeur and originality.
2764. In
fig.
977. is given the design by Ludovico da Cigoli
of a window from the ground floor of the Renuccini palace
in Florence. It can scarcely be properly estimated without its
connection with the fa9ade, to the character whereof it is in
every respect suitable.
2765. Fig. 978. is a design of Palladio, nearly resembling
tliat executed in the Barbarano palace at Vicenza. It has
been imitated by Inigo Jones, and perhaps improved on by him,
in the flanks at Greenwich Hospital.
Fi.
W6. Fig- 9-.
7.
Mg. 978.
T\g. 979.
2766. Fig. 979. is also by Palladio, and executed by him in the Porto palace at Vicenza.
2767. Fig. 980. is the design of Raffaclle Sanzio, and worthy of the reputation of that