The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 205
CLASSIFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS 192 them in point of beauty are those of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, S. Cecilia, S. Croce in Gerusalemme, S. Alessio and S. Fran- cesca Romana. Particularly heavy in its proportions is S. Giorgio in Velabro. The crudest workmanship is shown in SS. Quattro Coronati. … S. Giorgio in Velabro. (Twelfth century.) In the matter of openings there was not much difference between this school and those of other Italian provinces except in the greater proportion of voids to solids which helped the effect of lightness. The lower story or two had a one-light opening ; the…
Art · Christian art and symbolism
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