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"bugnato a cuscino"

English translation: Cushion shaped (ashlar) blocks

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Italian term or phrase:"bugnato a cuscino"
English translation:Cushion shaped (ashlar) blocks
Entered by: Russell Jones

17:47 Dec 17, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture
Italian term or phrase: "bugnato a cuscino"
the term refers to a particular kind of ashlar that characterizes the old Genoese urban palaces or religious bulidings
Roberta Spinetta
Cushion shaped (ashlar) blocks
Explanation:
"In the Palazzo Gondi, Giuliano introduces a new system into the traditional Florentine type of rustication;.... The cushion-shaped blocks ....show how fresh charm can be won from a familiar technique." Heydenreich, Ludwig H, (1996) Architecture in Italy 1400 - 1500, Yale.
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bugnato a cuscino
Cushion shaped (ashlar) blocks


Explanation:
"In the Palazzo Gondi, Giuliano introduces a new system into the traditional Florentine type of rustication;.... The cushion-shaped blocks ....show how fresh charm can be won from a familiar technique." Heydenreich, Ludwig H, (1996) Architecture in Italy 1400 - 1500, Yale.

Russell Jones
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