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 127
hi-tecture of the church.Up to this time theonly domestic archi-tecture in Europe,with very rare excep-tions, has been thatof the military castlesand strongholds ofthe kings and feudalloids. But in Sicilythe example of theluxurious Arabs wastoo attractive to beresisted, and duringthe long interval… … SICILIAN ARCHITECTURE lis church were turned to account also in beautifying and softening thedomestic life of the time. Palermo, in particular, became a secondCordova, with palaces, villas, and pleasure pavilions standing inparks and gardens with fountains and statues ; a ring of gardenssurrounded…
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