A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 575
the Italian, produced that verybeautiful combination of which Pisa Cathedral is a type, and St.Marks at Venice an extreme example. This style generally pervadedthe whole south of Italy, with the exception of Rome ; and, fromthe elements of which it was composed, may fairly be designatedByzantine… … Apse of Basilica at Torcello. desire to give a more permanent character to their churches bycovering them over with stone vaulted roofs, which led to mostimportant modifications of the style. It may probably be correct toassert that no Romano-Byzantine or early Romanesque church has, orever had, a…
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