Andrea Palladio · The Second Book
Chapter IX. Of Corinthian Halls
THE Corinthian halls were made in two manners, that is, either with columns which Plate 26. rose from the ground, as may be seen in the first design; or with columns upon Plate 27. pedestals, as they are in the second: But in the one as well as the other, the columns were made close to the wall; and the architraves, frizes and cornices were wrought with stucco, or made of wood, and there was but one order of columns, The vault was made either of a semi-circle, or a Schiffo, that is, it had much in height, as was the third part of the breadth of the hall, and ought to be adorned with compartments of stucco and paintings. The length of these halls would be very beautiful of one square and two thirds of the breadth.
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