The Tuscan & Venetian artists, their thought & work (1904)
Rea, Hope 1860- · London, J. M. Dent · leaf 31
San Gemignano, among the hills above Siena, has awealth of mediaeval towers, singularly untouched. Whatform could be better than this to elevate and carry achurchs bell ? and turned from military to ecclesiasticalpurposes, what opportunity it gave to the eager Lombardartist to exercise his fancy… … San Frediano, Lucca (Exterior). BUILDERS AND GOLDSMITHS ii correct or not, the campanile became, and still is, one ofthe most striking features of Italian architecture, par-ticularly where the Lombard influence was exerted, andmay be seen in every degree of simplicity and richness.In that of San…
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