. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fij^. Jmj. (. I ^ AiMillinaie in (liiHs*- THE I \ !• I:N( K 2iu Oil*of the most (lj:ini(5teriHtic of tlu; early Hyzantino paluncs ofVenieo is a house in the Kio di Ca Foscari ( Fi^^ 187), fallm longsince into a ruinous coudition, hut sho\vin<jf even in ruin inufli of thf*. Fig. i^6. Venice. Fondafo dei i urcia. peculiar grace and charm of the Byzantine decoration. A great cen-tral arch some ten feet in span, slightly stilted, is flanked by fourarches on each side of o
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fij^. Jmj. (. I ^ AiMillinaie in (liiHs*- THE I \ !• I:N( K 2iu Oil*of the most (lj:ini(5teriHtic of tlu; early Hyzantino paluncs ofVenieo is a house in the Kio di Ca Foscari ( Fi^^ 187), fallm longsince into a ruinous coudition, hut sho\vin<jf even in ruin inufli of thf*. Fig. i^6. Venice. Fondafo dei i urcia. peculiar grace and charm of the Byzantine decoration. A great cen-tral arch some ten feet in span, slightly stilted, is flanked by fourarches on each side of one third its breadth, but so highly stilted thattheir crowns are kept on a level with that of the central arch. Thelatter is snrrounded by a compound archivolt, wdiose chief member isa broad band with the favorite motive of a vine, whose stem twistsitself into a series of irregular circles filled alternately by birds andleafage. Outside of this is a narrow band with rigid upright leafage,and a crown moulding with the Venetian dentil. In the centralspace at the crown of the arch these are replaced by the Byzantinesymbol of the hand raised in the attitude of benediction, between thesun and moon.^ One of the most beautiful pieces of decoration to be found in ^ The figure, taken from Mr. Ruskins folio supplement to the Stones of Venice, iswrong in the last detail, which is shown correctly in an
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