An artist in Italy . ?***!*Ts*>»^5^gg3g SIENA, ITS DUOMO AND BAPTISTERY The present facade had not been completed when itwas proposed to add the new nave, and, in courseof time, .this was taken up again and finished in I38°- The Gothic of Central and Southern Italy is seldom very satisfactory to northern eyes; but on seeing the facade a second time, with the afternoon sun playing amidst that mass of sculptured marble, I had to readjust my first opinions. We pass through a high arch, destined for one of the supports of the projected nave, and a long flight of steps takes us down to a square
An artist in Italy . ?***!*Ts*>»^5^gg3g SIENA, ITS DUOMO AND BAPTISTERY The present facade had not been completed when itwas proposed to add the new nave, and, in courseof time, .this was taken up again and finished in I38°- The Gothic of Central and Southern Italy is seldom very satisfactory to northern eyes; but on seeing the facade a second time, with the afternoon sun playing amidst that mass of sculptured marble, I had to readjust my first opinions. We pass through a high arch, destined for one of the supports of the projected nave, and a long flight of steps takes us down to a square in front of the east end of the cathedral. On this square feces the lower church, S. Giovanni Battista, which forms the crypt, as it were, of the chancel of the Duomo. It has a fine but incomplete Gothic frontage, and its interior is perhaps the most beautiful thing in Siena. Its great feature is the baptismal font, surmounted by a tabernacle to hold the holy oil. It was designed by Delia Quercia, and the marble
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