Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350 (1904)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Duckworth and co.: New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 155
highest part thereof glistereth with gold, and theconcavity of the vaults is enriched with divers goodly and 96 MURANO ancient pictures which do present unto the spectator bytheir grave and venerable aspect, a kind of awe intermingledwith piety and religion ; that which is from the gildingdown to… … Fig. £1. Sections of marble moulding, from St. Marks, Venice. marble, gold, or precious stones.* Fig. 51 shows the typeof mouldings—door jambs, and a cornice—found in lateByzantine churches in which it is easy to see the germs ofRomanesque and even Gothic mouldings. These are fromSt. Marks. Before…
Art, Medieval
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