Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 303
K-iciit catludial and of tlie nmscuin at Athens, or the works ofSrtlzemherg, Pul^^lier, and Castellazzi. The most impartialjudgment, then, that one can pronounce is that the Byzantineart of the ninth century is, in perfection, nowise superior to thatof the preceding century, insomuch that it would… … Fig. Ii7.—Parapet existing at Constantinople—IXth Century (after Salzeinberg). design, and model leave much to be desired. The elegance ofcertain decorative compositions cannot soften this judgment,for one recognises in them the preceding century. All the same, the Byzantine art of the tenth…
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