. Earthwork out of Tuscany. uch of Latin sanity, a touch of thegenuine Paganism which loves the daedalearth and cannot bring itself to be out oftouch with it. San Giovanni fuori-civ/ias,what a rock-hewn church it is ! A rigidoblong, dark as the twilight, running withthe street without belfry or window orfacade. Three tiers of shallow arcades onspiral columns, never a window to be seen,and the whole of solemn black marblenarrowly striped with white. Is theresuch a beast as a black tiger—a tiger wherethe tawny and black change places? SanGiovanni is modelled after that is very old—twe
. Earthwork out of Tuscany. uch of Latin sanity, a touch of thegenuine Paganism which loves the daedalearth and cannot bring itself to be out oftouch with it. San Giovanni fuori-civ/ias,what a rock-hewn church it is ! A rigidoblong, dark as the twilight, running withthe street without belfry or window orfacade. Three tiers of shallow arcades onspiral columns, never a window to be seen,and the whole of solemn black marblenarrowly striped with white. Is theresuch a beast as a black tiger—a tiger wherethe tawny and black change places? SanGiovanni is modelled after that is very old—twelfth century at latest—very shabby and weather-beaten, dustyand deserted. But it will outlive Pistoja ;and that is probably what Pistoja desired. This black and white, which is so re-miniscent of early Florence, is carried outwith more fidelity to the model in thePiazza. The octagonal Baptistry is, nodoubt, a copy of Dantes beloved church ;but it is much better placed, does notshun to be admired like its beautiful 200. EARTHWORK OUT OF TUSCAN- of as indeed she is of Florence D ;e. Pisas magnificent build- s: 0 itself here : Gothic with . La*tin siinitv, a touch of theioves the daedalelf to be out of1 it. San Giovanni/Mm-\en ned f^*0M(^ white, h there su - a black tiirer—a tiger where I—very dusty ar ar n . .cu out w I in the Piazza. The octagonal Baptistry is, nodoubt, a copy of Dantes heloved church ;but it is much better placed, does notshun to be admired like its beautiful
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