Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 90
birds, quadru-peds, c^c. Two of these, of almostuniform design, show, in the lowerpart, two eagles fighting with twoserpents, and in the higher part,two griflins climbing on a vase andpecking at a species of pine thatcomes out of it. Another stonerepresents a cross enclosed in arectangle bordered… … Fig. 19.- Exterior Bas-relief ofAthenian Catliedral — VlltliCentury. 86 gain by an exchange with many of those that we shall shortlysee in Italy.They displayno sense of pro-portion, no mo-delling, only afew ungracefulfurrows insteadof wings, fea-thers, and eyes.From these fewe X a rn pies itclearly…
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