The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 180
the effects in the central sectionwhich was alone richly decorated. BASILICAS 169 In the use of the orders we notice certain peculiarities.The Tuscan-Doric is found but once, in S. Pietro in Vincoli.The rich Corinthian and Composite ruled almost exclusively,with occasional use of the Ionic (e.g. S.… … Rear Basilica of S. Loitiizo.(Sixth centiii-y with Ciborium of c. 1150.) be strictly reckoned into these orders, such as the Egyptian-izing capitals at S. Pudentiana and the pseudo-Ionic cubes atS. Stefano. This is hardly the place to discuss the question of how far atdifferent times the ancient…
Art -- Rome · Christian art and symbolism
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