Famosi castelli e palazzi d'Italia . na che aveva studiato classic modelsin la sua terra nativa, Dalmazia e si fermò in alto nel theestimation dei Gonzaga di Mantova e il Sforzaof Pesaro. Sotto questo masters mani un palazzo rosa,a parere dei contemporanei, la più bella inItaly; così ben arredate in tutto, scrisse Bal-dassarre Castiglione, che sembrava non essere apalace ma una città in forma di palazzo. Raphaelwas nato nella sua ombra; e nelle sue linee Bramantefound ispirazione e guida. Quei grandi menhave lasciato nulla, ma l'onore di aver producedthem al loro luogo di nascita; BU

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Famous castles and palaces of Italy . na, who had studied classic modelsin his native land, Dalmatia, and stood high in theestimation of the Gonzaga of Mantua and the Sforzaof Pesaro. Under this masters hands a palace rose, in the opinion of contemporaries, the most beautiful inItaly; so well appointed throughout, wrote Bal-dassarre Castiglione, that it appeared to be not apalace but a town in the form of a palace. Raphaelwas born in its shadow; and in its lines Bramantefound inspiration and guidance. Those great menhave left nothing but the honour of having producedthem to their birthplace; but the palace rising highand vast over the clustering little city is a lastingmonument of the dukes who made Urbino one of thebeacon lights of culture and civilisation. Luciano died in 1479, three years before his master, and left the palace practically completed. It is a vastand irregular pile, to modern taste more picturesquethan beautiful; and in its combination of the civil andmilitary elements, the blending of the old and new, and. og naD o wo < < uKH THE PALACES OF URBINO AND PBSARO 299 the determined adjustment of a regular scheme to anirregular site, emblematic of that age of transition. Onthe east side, opposite the Church of San Domenico, the ground is level; on the west the hill falls awayabruptly and the edifice is reared on massive foundations.This was not accounted a drawback by the architect, asit enabled him to stow away a great number of themeaner offices and chambers below the main level, outof sight. The east side is the longest and the oldest, and fourof the eight two-light windows belonged to the oldcastle of the counts, the others having been con-structed on the same plan by Luciano for the sake ofuniformity. The main entrance is, oddly enough, nearthe corner of the next fa9ade, which is in the styleintroduced into Italy by the Dalmatian builder, after-wards modified by Bramante. The narrow west frontis the most striking. It is flanked by two tall andra

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1910
• booksubjectpalaces
• bookyear1912