The cathedrals and churches of northern Italy, their history and their architecture; (1908)
Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis) · Boston, L.C. Page and company · leaf 476
reated by an archi-tect of the Renaissance, who by flutings andcapitals painted on them in perspective andgilt has tortured what must have originallybeen an impressive array of ponderous, butnot lofty, cylindrical columns into pseudo-Classical ones. These beautifyings are,however, to a great extent… … The Cathedrals of Northern Italy fine and subdued tone of colour which pre-vails throughout. Externally, the Cathedral which soarsgrandly above the houses that so closely en-viron it, is a truly noble example of brick-work, though the transept fronts, where anenormous screen wall is carried up…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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