The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 97
more than 80 feet,marks a great advance on former 77 THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES constructions; it served as a modelto the architects of the Renaissance.Bramante, when he conceived theplan of St. Peters, said that he in-tended to raise the Pantheon overthe basilica of Constantine. Only one… … FIG. 124.—RUINS OF THE BASILICA OF CONSTANTINE,ROME. legists. The same may be said of thevast utilitarian works, aqueducts (Fig.126), bridges, dams, and sewers withwhich Rome endowed all partsof her Empire. It will be enoughhereto mention them in passing.A characteristic of the archi-tecture of the…
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