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 176
d. At San Michele, Lucca, themarble structure is inlaidall over with an extra-ordinary complexity ofornament, knot-work, foli-age and beasts. This frontis said to be the work ofGuidetto, at the end of thetwelfth century. As pointsof proof that there wasGreek influence at work inthe Pisan school, I… … Fig. 55. King David from sculpturedjamb of the Baptistery, Pisa. arcades screening the solid wall that the gable of SanMichele, Lucca, is carried up some thirty or forty feethigher than the roof proper only for the purpose ofproviding room for more arcades, and to serve as a widebasis for a…
Art, Medieval
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