Venice: its history, art, industries and modern life; (1896)
Yriarte, Charles [Émile], 1832-1898. [from old catalog], Sitwell, F. J., [from old catalog] tr · Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & co · leaf 180
their religion.Tlie Genoese claimed the sole occupation of thischurch, and shut themselves up within it as in a for-tress. There they were besieged by the Venetians,who stormed the church, destroyed it that it mightnot be defended against them again, and in order topreserve a memorial of their… … AECHITECTUKE—ITS TRANSFORMATIONS. 139 In architecture^ everything has meaning^ and thestones of Venice are the confirmation of her writtenhistory. We know that St. Saba of Acre was builtin the sixth century; these pillars, then, constitute arich and admirable specimen of the Byzantine carvedwork of…
Art, Italian
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