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 668
han for beautyof design—which latter it does not, and indeed can hardly be expectedto, possess. The little chapel of Sta. Maria della Spina at Pisa owes itscelebrity to the richness of its niches and canopies, and to the sculpturewhich they contain. In this the Italians were always at home,… … 512. View of St. Francesco, Brescia. (From Streets Brick and Marble in tlie Middle Ages.) the readiness with which the Italians returned to the classical models.They are to be forgiven in this, but we cannot so easily forgive ourforefathers, who abandoned a style far more beautiful than that…
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