Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 184
ffect of the wholeceiling was practically that of a long elliptical dome : that is tosay, it no longer demanded an eurythmic symmetry; it de-manded, on the contrary, a predominant emphasis upon thehorizontal axis which corresponded with the dimensions of theroom and comported with the ritual. The… … Fig. 52. — Plans of S. Sophia and of the basilica of Maxentius. a perfectly regular plan, either rectangular or elliptical, wouldnot have harmonized so well with the ceiling. The consistent execution of the programme required that thedome should rest immediately upon the pendentives withoutthe…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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