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 92
ROMAN DOMICAL TEMPLES. less symmetry and beauty, but they made no appeal tothe feeling of wonder in the observer, for their domeswere small. The daring might of the Christian spirit setdomes of great magnitude on arches supported by piers ;and love of the beautiful led him to use arcades to… … A. TYPICAL EXAMPLES.§ St. Vitale. Every suggestion of the Constantinebasilica is bauished from this new tjpe. There iswithin no triumphal arch. The ground-plan (Fig. 51)is an octagon, having before the portals a porch, calledthe Ardica. The tribune hasa semicircular terminationwithin, and on each…
Church architecture
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