Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 360
I --^,., r^. S. PIETRO—TOSCANELLA CH. XIV] TUSCANY 219 column, and the spandrils are enriched by thin bricks set Toscaneiiaedgeways in a vandyked pattern, leaving hollow recessesbetween them, which give considerable richness to thesurface by points of deep shadow (Fig. 48). A similar use of these… … Fig. 48. piercings which give it brilliancy, and the pilaster stripswhich emphasize its height, aided by the great elevationarising from its position on the slope of the hill, producea very noble and satisfactory effect (Plate LVI). Below the presbytery and apse is a very fine crypt The…
