Book 1 — CHAPTER VIII
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Brunelleschi's dome. Alberti's "De re aedificatoria": Church of San Francesco. Florence, Rucellai, Ricardi and Pitti Palace. Venice; Library of St Mark; Palace of the Doge and of the Grimani. Palladio at Vicenza. Genoa, the city of palaces. Vignola, Villa of Pope Julius, Palace of Caprarola. Façade of the Certosa. Sistine Chapel and King's College, Cambridge. Louvain, Hotel de Ville. Brussels the grande place. Spain: University of Alcalá. Cloister of Lupiana. Alcazar, Toledo. Giralda tower. France: Louvre, Pavillon de l'Horloge; the Chateaux. Architecture of the Renaissance a living force