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Cathedral cities of Italy (1911)

Collins, W. W., 1862- · London : W. Heinemann ; New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 124

An illustration from Cathedral cities of Italy, 1911, leaf 124
vision at the eastern end of the great squarewith its gorgeous facade and cool grey domes. Sorich is the colouring and so strange the outline thatone wonders almost whether architecture has notpassed here into the sister art of painting. Yes, there stands a building surpassingly fascina-ting,… … VENICE in the peninsula, or even in Sicily where somewith direct Arab influence still exist. The greattraders of Venice who lavished their wealth on itsdecoration, and whose every homeward bound shipbrought back from the Orient a choice column, arare piece of marble, or some such thing as a…

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