Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 94
asilica, were happilycombined with the majesty, the rhythmical picturesqueness, and thesafety from fire peculiar to the vaulted churches of concentric plan. ST. SOPHIA. 59 The problem of the most advantageous combination of a dome withlateral aisles was here definitely solved. The Church of St.… … Fig. 34.—View of the Interior of the Church of St. Sophia in Constantinople. defect of Byzantine, and indeed of all early Christian architecture,namely, the one-sided development of the interior at the expenseof the exterior. Its brick masonry, without revetment, displays notraces of any design…
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