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 33
l over Italy, notably in the case of S. Antonio atPadua, though unmistakable evidence of Greek influence, does notsuffice to make a Byzantine church. The plan is not strictly Byzan-tine, and the exterior has no hint of Greek influence. The onlycharacteristic portion is the east end (Fig. 249),… … Fig. 248. Molfetta Cathedral. THE SOUTHERN ROMANESQUE 19 alternate arches are supported by pilasters, the others on corbels,and which is broken in upon in the centre by the high apse window,flanked, as usual, by columns resting on grotesque beasts. Abovethe centre of the fagade rises thelow eastern…
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