Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ->/- Fig. 6i. Arcadedgalleries The Pisan arcaded front does not appear in Lombardy,but arcaded galleries in another form are a common featurein North Italian churches, as at Parma in the Cathedral,and in S. Michele and S. Pietro in Cielo d Oro at Pavia,where they run up the gables in a series of steps : and thebaptistery at Parma is covered inside and out withcolonnaded galleries having however straight lintelsinstead of arches. The arcaded galleries at the interest- Plalc LXXVII. •^.C:;- -^^. ^-^^:- /V//, Alinari S. MICHELE—PAVIA CH. xvii] LOMBA
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ->/- Fig. 6i. Arcadedgalleries The Pisan arcaded front does not appear in Lombardy,but arcaded galleries in another form are a common featurein North Italian churches, as at Parma in the Cathedral,and in S. Michele and S. Pietro in Cielo d Oro at Pavia,where they run up the gables in a series of steps : and thebaptistery at Parma is covered inside and out withcolonnaded galleries having however straight lintelsinstead of arches. The arcaded galleries at the interest- Plalc LXXVII. •^.C:;- -^^. ^-^^:- /V//, Alinari S. MICHELE—PAVIA CH. xvii] LOMBARDY 267 ing church of S. Andrea VercelH are arranged Pisanfashion and do not ramp with the gables. The wide pedimental gable end at S. Ambrogio is low- widepitched, covering both nave and aisles, and is partly centalconcealed by the abutting atrium, which disguises what ^^^^would otherwise have been an awkward proportion. Asimilar wide pedimental fa9ade at the two churches in Pavia Paviawhich have been mentioned has a very bare, unsatisfactoryappearance, only partly relieved by the practicable gallerythat ramps with the gable, and the small windows whichare the only other features except the doorways. Onecannot but feel how very far in point of grace and come- Rudenessliness this North Lombard work is behind the Pisan bardTorkRomanesque of half a century or more before. EvenVenice must yield in point of date to the rival Republic,for the splendid marble walls and colonnaded galleries ofBusketus are cont
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