How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 213
in richest mosaic. The dome of the apse carriesthe great and solitary figure of the Christ in full manhoodand majesty, a manly tribute of a manly generation whichhad not yet been taught the equal godhood of the VirginMother. The exterior shows round arches recessed and orna-mented on the face of… … FIG. 76—TIFFANY AND COMPANY, NEW YORK (VENETIAN) THE THIRD GREAT TRANSITION into description of this gorgeous masterpiece, so unique inall the world. It is an amazingly joyful and completeoffering to an ideal, though without slavish acceptance ofthe laws. I like to think of it as a pile of loot put…
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