Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 166
FIG. 78. — PLAN OF ST. MARKs,VENICE. BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. 133 Nothing could well be conceived more irrational, fromastructural point of view, than the accumulation of columnsin the entrance-arches ; but the total effect is so pictur-esque and so rich in color, that its architectural defectsare… … FIG. 79. — INTERIOR OF ST. MARK S. a favorite practice in Venice, where it continued in use forfive hundred years. The interior of St. Marks, in somerespects better preserved than that of Hagia Sophia, isespecially fine in color, though not equal in scale and gran-deur to the latter church. With…
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