Architecture : an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 138
casings, mosaics, andgilding. In the sixthcentury a mosaic of theNativity was applied to the west front, above the narthex. As struc-ture, all is direct and simple : as architecturalexpression, it is serious and sweet. There isnothing in it which is unlike late Roman artexcept the total expression… … Fig. 23. 136 ARCHITECTURE in pairs, rises a central part covered by adome; this and the vault of the circular aislewere encrusted with mosaics, some of whichremain. The walls were sheeted over withthin marble and porphyry, and the drum ofthe dome was covered with elaborate devicesin opus sectile,…
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