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 428
o believe the con-trary ! The plan of the church is one of the most perfectof structural schemes, and it is much larger and simplerin its parts than any of the Northern cathedrals. Threelimbs, with apsidal terminations, project from the centraloctagonal space to the east, north, and south; while… … FLORENCE. SCULPTURES FROiM THE CAMPANILe Face p. 284 f AND CAMPANILE 285 The resistance of the three apses against the octagon ofthe dome is increased by each being surrounded by acontinuous row of chapels, and in the re-entering anglesother chapels rise against the alternate sides of theoctagon as…
Art, Medieval
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