Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 372
nimal head. Relief or-nament of scroll andvine, entwining forms,suggestive of man,beast, and bird, are inthe spandrels of the archand in the frieze-bands.All this variety is clas-sical, originating in atime when the artisttook natures forms andmodified them in orderto add attractiveness tohis… … CHOIR ST. PIERRE. §The Early Renaissance Church. A distinctivelyRenaissance edifice is the Church of S. Maria dellaCroce, at Crema (Fig. 248). It is not meant, by givingthis church as an example, that there are many of sim-ilar type, but simply that the whole spirit of the building 350…
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