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 647
ly-chromatic decoration may beprofitably carried, and of thetrue mode of doing it; andalso as an illustration of theextent to which the Italiansallowed a foreign style andmode of ornamentation to beintroduced into their country.One of the purest and mostperfect types of an ItalianGothic church is… … One Bay of Sta. Auastasla, Verona. Bk. II. On. VI. CHURCH OF SAN MARTINO. 613 point of view. The square of the vault of the nave is the modulus,instead of that of the aisles, as in true Gothic churches: owing towhich the pier-arches are further apart than a true artist wouldhave placed them; there…
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