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ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE
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do not know. Instances of somewhat similar treatment occur in the Roman architecture of Syria, as in Baalbek (Fig. 51),
Fig. 50.—Façade of the Gesù, Della Porta.
where the middle part of the pediment is in retreat of the rest, so that the ends form ressauts. Of the complete removal of a
