CHAPTER VII

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How one is to recognize if a Building have good Proportions, and of what Members it should generally be composed, 95

§ 34. _The Principles of Planning and Design_ (95). § 35. _An Ideal Palace_ (96).

NOTES ON ‘INTRODUCTION’ TO ARCHITECTURE, 99

PORPHYRY AND PORPHYRY QUARRIES, 101

THE SASSI, DELLA VALLE, AND OTHER COLLECTIONS OF ANTIQUES OF THE EARLY PART OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, 102

THE PORPHYRY TAZZA OF THE SALA ROTONDA OF THE VATICAN, 108

FRANCESCO DEL TADDA, AND THE REVIVAL OF SCULPTURE IN PORPHYRY, 110

THE CORTILE OF THE BELVEDERE IN THE VATICAN, IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, 115

PARAGON (TOUCHSTONE) AND OTHER STONES ASSOCIATED WITH IT BY VASARI, 117

TUSCAN MARBLE QUARRIES, 119

THE ROUND TEMPLE ON THE PIAZZA S. LUIGI DEI FRANCESI, AND ‘MAESTRO GIAN,’ 128

RUSTICATED MASONRY, 132

VASARI’S OPINION ON MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE, 133

EGG-SHELL MOSAIC, 136

IDEAL ARCHITECTURE; AN IDEAL PALACE, 138

OF SCULPTURE, 141

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