. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. o o o ? ? ? ? ^O ? ? ?/ ?. was covennl willi a coat ot stucco which loiiiicd iIk* ;;iouinl loi- rm-bleiiiatic or historical })aiutings. Ihc outline of the facade followedclosely the section of nave and aisles, and its pn^donnnatinj^ f(;aturewas the great entrance porch swung across the whole brea<ltii of thechurch, above which rose the front wall of the nave pierced l)y win-dows, mostly small and unimportant, and crowned cither by a low])odimcnt or by an overhanging concave cornice. The early b
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. o o o ? ? ? ? ^O ? ? ?/ ?. was covennl willi a coat ot stucco which loiiiicd iIk* ;;iouinl loi- rm-bleiiiatic or historical })aiutings. Ihc outline of the facade followedclosely the section of nave and aisles, and its pn^donnnatinj^ f(;aturewas the great entrance porch swung across the whole brea<ltii of thechurch, above which rose the front wall of the nave pierced l)y win-dows, mostly small and unimportant, and crowned cither by a low])odimcnt or by an overhanging concave cornice. The early basilicashad broad arched windows, lilled sometimes with translucent slabs ofalabaster, sometimes withthicker plates of marblepierced with circles or loz-enges either open or filledwith glass, or with a thin filmof some translucent materialthrough which light can pass,though feebly. Great account was made ofhangings, curtains, carpets,etc., in the interior of basili-cas. Not (tnly wTre the archeswhich entered the transei)tclosed by curtains, but alsothe apses, particularly the sideapses opening from the aisles, which we
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