. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. big. izt. ^^. Miciuie, Pavia. Kight-hand Doorway of Fagade. 190 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY. Fiff. 128. S. Tietro in Cielo d Oro. The west front is crossed in its lower half by bands of reliefs, inwhich the subjects and the treatment are alike of the most pronouncedLombard type. All sorts of monstrous beasts, reptiles, and fishesare represented, sometimes carrying human figures on their backs,sometimes devouring: them : lumtin scenes, in which men are carry-ing a deer slung over their shoulders, or two
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. big. izt. ^^. Miciuie, Pavia. Kight-hand Doorway of Fagade. 190 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY. Fiff. 128. S. Tietro in Cielo d Oro. The west front is crossed in its lower half by bands of reliefs, inwhich the subjects and the treatment are alike of the most pronouncedLombard type. All sorts of monstrous beasts, reptiles, and fishesare represented, sometimes carrying human figures on their backs,sometimes devouring: them : lumtin scenes, in which men are carry-ing a deer slung over their shoulders, or two men bear l)etweeutlicm a i)ole, from whicli hang four fishes as tall as themselves:battle scenes, with horsemen clad in lielmets and coats of mail, andcarrying lances and shields ; a man ])eating an iron on an anvil : aman who struggles between two dragons ; a horseman in conflictwith a monstrous dragon, — such are the subjects, dear to the Lom-])ard sculptor, wliich make up tliese remarkable decorations. Portionsof this sculpture are shown in Figs. 12(j and 127. The executionis of the rudest description, — the men and beasts are of disprojwr-tionate size, the men are stunt
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