Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 98
become of especial importance to the history of artas the only church of Constantinople in which the mosaics andpaintings upon the vaults and tympanons, the marble revetmentsof the lower wall surfaces, and the ornamental reliefs of the archesand capitals, have not been destroyed by the fanatical… … ,•-,,, i^l— Fig. 36.—Plan and Section of the Pantepoptes Church in Constantinople. Unthinking continuance in one rut was inevitable in the nationwhich developed Byzantine architecture, and resulted from the des-potism and slavish subjection, the dogmatism and passive receptionof ecclesiastical…
Art, Medieval
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