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 184
evinvaults, which seem to be just as early asthose of the He de France, are ratherribbed domes than cross-vaults. ^ ^.„ ^ Fig. 59. Pillar fromthe crypt of Modena When a well-defined school of art, dis- Cathedral.tinct from the Italo-Byzantine, arose in Lombardy in theeleventh and twelfth centuries,… … 114 COMACINI MASTERS The walls teem with dream-fancies of knotted dragons andfighting men, while the pillars rest on great lions tearingtheir prey (Plate i6 and Fig. 59). I can here do no more than name some chief centreswhere characteristic examples of this vigorous school ofart are to be found,…
Art, Medieval
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