Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 318
fage of pure Italian-Byzantine style. Thesame may be said of the imposts of the vaults in the atrium,where antique lonic-Boman capitals, reversed, are obviouslyenriched by sculptures of 804. But all these details do not so well represent to us tlievalue of these artihcers as other works of… … Fig. 157.—Parapet of the Catheclial of Torcello—.\.u. S74. braidings, pearls and crosses, vigorously carved, and with asureness of eifect. and a certain grace, inherited from Grecianart. Of the same character is a mutilated parapet, which onesees set in the exterior, near the side door of the…
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