Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 289
is an iso-lated early example of lay Gothicwork. Though somewhat Eng-lish in its plan, and (unlike mostItalian churches) provided withtwo western spires in the Eng-lish manner, it is in all other re-spects thoroughly Italian in as-pect. The church at Asti, begunin 1229, suggests German modelsby its… … FIG. 147. -DUO.MO AT FLORENCE.PLAN. a, Campanile. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY. 257 municipalities expressed itself. Chief among these halfcivic, half religious monuments are the cathedrals of Sienna(begun in 1243), Arezzo (1278), Orvieto (1290), Florence(the Duonio, Sta. Maria del Fiore, begun…
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