. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ntii Maria dolla Pi(!ve at Anjzzo is oiu* of tlioscwhich it is not easy to assi«;n to aiiv (hfinitc class or style. rtM ^ r I iriiii • Ar62ZO, 1 lie town lies far to tlu; soiitii oi the liOiiihaid rci^ion, s M dtiia f icvc half way hetwetsu Klorciicc and I\i-iii;ia, yet the; church hasiiKuc the character of a Loinl>ai<l inonuinent than many of its |)eiio<lwhich lie nearer the centre of Lonihard influence. It is a crucufonnchurch, (latin*; froni the last years of the tenth century, hut wit
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ntii Maria dolla Pi(!ve at Anjzzo is oiu* of tlioscwhich it is not easy to assi«;n to aiiv (hfinitc class or style. rtM ^ r I iriiii • Ar62ZO, 1 lie town lies far to tlu; soiitii oi the liOiiihaid rci^ion, s M dtiia f icvc half way hetwetsu Klorciicc and I\i-iii;ia, yet the; church hasiiKuc the character of a Loinl>ai<l inonuinent than many of its |)eiio<lwhich lie nearer the centre of Lonihard influence. It is a crucufonnchurch, (latin*; froni the last years of the tenth century, hut withouta dome oi* other fea-ture to mark thecrossing, with hii;hcohnnns in the navecarrying pointedarches and groinedvaults. This portionof the work is proba-bly of a later date :but the choir, withits triforium oallervand its fine apse, isnndoubtedly of theoriginal building,andis characteristicallyLombard in charac-ter. The exterior ofthe apse is in threestages, first a blindarcade with flat pil-asters, over which isa light and grace-ful open arcaded gal-lery, and above thisa second Fig. 05. Aiezzo S. M. della Pieve. with dwarf columns supporting a horizontal entablature. The west front, which dates from 1216, is one of the most remark-able in Italy. (Fig. 95.) It is a mere screen with no relation what-ever to the church behind it, and consists of four stories, the lowesta blind arcade of rude, unequal round arches on columns. — threeof the five arches enclosing doorways, and the other three opengalleries, the first two of arcades and the upper of columns supportinga horizontal cornice. The openings are apparently quite w^ithout anysystematic arrangement, numbering in the second story twelve, in the 154 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY third story twenty-five, and in the fourth, thirty ; and the columnsare of every variety of size, shape, and material, — plain, fluted,twisted, knotted,—in the upper colonnade a statue filling the placeof a column, — the cai)itals of all
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