Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy (1874)
Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881 · London : J. Murray · leaf 432
he best such workdoes not create enthusiasm. The principal eflbrt of thearchitect was to build something very big, and he succeeded;unfortunately he so contrived as very nearly to prevent onefrom quite realizing how vast his work is, and I hardly knowa more serious charge that can be made against… … 54-. SJi]^ PETFjvKIv. BOLO^pj^ 294. Chap. XI.] SAN DOMENICO. 295 From tliis clinrch T went to San Domenico, famous for avery elaborate tomb or shrine of the saint by Nicohi Pisano.This is not a work that entirely pleases me. It is a highcoped tomb covered with sculptiire on the sides, erectedbehind…
