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Roman and medieval art (1893)

Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 171

An illustration from Roman and medieval art, 1893, leaf 171
is pecu-liar to Italy as far asthe Romanesque i sconcerned. Thesestripes are found inOriental Byzantine,and in Saracenic build-ings, and are thencederived. The LuccaCathedral and many other churches of Tuscany are latervariants of the Pisa Cathedral. The ornamental carvings and the capitals of… … Fig. 92.—Ivory Carved Book Cover. The Deposition and Entombment. Thirteenth Century. Ravenna. * The capitals of the Pisa Cathedral are antique,capitals were brought from Sicily. The columns and ft ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE. 155 forms of animals or men in these ornaments is peculiarto this period, as…

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