Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
"bugnato a cuscino"
English translation:
Cushion shaped (ashlar) blocks
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Italian term
Roberta Spinetta
"bugnato a cuscino"
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
the term refers to a particular kind of ashlar that characterizes the old Genoese urban palaces or religious bulidings
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Italian term (edited):
bugnato a cuscino
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Cushion shaped (ashlar) blocks
"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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