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Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)

Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 189

An illustration from Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches, 1896, leaf 189 — l iimke us suspectthe interveution of some Greek artist.* It is, ^vithout doubt,an imitation of those Corinthian capitals of Byzantine style,with large, rough leaves, ^^ilich were frequently used inllavenna in the oldest of Theodorics constructions (see ISAi)ollinaris), and which also abound in… … Fig. 88.—Plan of the Chapel of S. Zenone at S. Praxccia, Rome—a.d. R17- 824. composite manner, and shows only one row of leaves resemblingthose of the palm. But the most remaikable relic of the ninth century contained ■ The presence of Greek artists seems, however, coufirmed by the mosaics of…

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