. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig. JS. Apollinare in Classe. KAULY CllKiSriAN AKCllilKCi LUL Gl /. iiig intertst. It is, pcrluips, with tlio exception of cerljiin inthe catiic()iul)s, tlie earliest existiiij;: exjimph; of a diHtinetly ..eriu^ifoiin biiildiiiii; but its form is so exactly :i(la|)t(!d to ofo ii».its use that we may safely dismiss tin* sugj^t^stion tliat itsplan had any symbolic si«;niiiean(e. (Kig. Jil^.) It was built by theEmpress herself between 430 and 450, asa burial chapel for herself, her husband,
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig. JS. Apollinare in Classe. KAULY CllKiSriAN AKCllilKCi LUL Gl /. iiig intertst. It is, pcrluips, with tlio exception of cerljiin inthe catiic()iul)s, tlie earliest existiiij;: exjimph; of a diHtinetly ..eriu^ifoiin biiildiiiii; but its form is so exactly :i(la|)t(!d to ofo ii».its use that we may safely dismiss tin* sugj^t^stion tliat itsplan had any symbolic si«;niiiean(e. (Kig. Jil^.) It was built by theEmpress herself between 430 and 450, asa burial chapel for herself, her husband,and her brother. Its plan is a Latincross, of which the arms are about twelvefeet wide internally, the entire len<;thbeing thirty-nine feet, and the breadtiiacross the transepts about thirty-threefeet. The arms of the cross are coveredby simple barrel vaults, the crossing bya low square tower pierced on each facewith a single small window, and finishedinside with a round dome, perhaps thefirst instance of a dome over the three shorter arms of the cross form Yig. 31). Mausoleum of G. a square recess twelve feet broad and about te
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