A cyclopaedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant (1895)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · New York, Scribner's sons · leaf 274
oned at from two to fourthousand. With all its richness of mate-rial and all its profusion of ornament, theexterior of this great church fails to pro-duce the effect of greatness which is feltin many churches of far less importance. MILAN Its richness is frittered, its majestic pro- the profusion… … Fig. 108.—Milan, Cathedral, and Tower of S. Gottardo. the northern or the southern ly])i nf iheGothic cathedral. Italian resistance tonorthern ideas is shown throughout thechurch in the etfort to avoid sharplypointed arches and dominating verticallines, to preserve vvall-surfatC and to en-force…
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