A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance (1901)
Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and company · leaf 72
full relief, either bird, or animal, or child.The sculpture has remained in perfect condition. Within this isthe innermost band enclosing the arch-head, of which each voussoirbears a head surrounded by a narrow band of leafage, the background 1 This doorway, attributed to Anselrao di Trani, is a… … Fig-. 274. Altamura. Central Doorway. being so deeply undercut as to leave the head in full relief. In thissame doorway the treatment of the flanking shafts is most interest-ing; the two on each side being sharply contrasted. The innercapitals are of concave form, spreading boldly with luxuriant…
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