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 551
s, as in some beautifularcading outside San FermoMaggiore at Verona,1 to defineand enliven the lines of stone-work ; for in this case, thoughthe work is all in stone and nobrick was really required, sogreat was the appreciation ofcolour, that it was gladly andmost successfully introduced.In the… … ARCH-MOULD—CKEMONi Chap. XIV.] ITALIAN BRICKWORK. 395 But beside this there was another way in which Italianarchitects produced a very beautiful effect : this was in thealternation of stone and brick. We have one of the firstexamples of this in the magnificent walls of San Zenone atVerona, in which…
