. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . I V I A II A. 1. OROLND PLAN—SANT ANTONIO, VADUA. I like any of the churches of Pisa, which would hardly havejbeen the case had it really been designed by Nicola great flat gable with an arcaded eaves-cornice finishesthe whole, and out of its apex rises a tall polygonal turret,almost as high as the dome in front of which it lower part of the west front has a central entrance ofmean character, and on either side two unequal arches of 146 PADUA. [Chap. VII. construction, the walls within which are
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . I V I A II A. 1. OROLND PLAN—SANT ANTONIO, VADUA. I like any of the churches of Pisa, which would hardly havejbeen the case had it really been designed by Nicola great flat gable with an arcaded eaves-cornice finishesthe whole, and out of its apex rises a tall polygonal turret,almost as high as the dome in front of which it lower part of the west front has a central entrance ofmean character, and on either side two unequal arches of 146 PADUA. [Chap. VII. construction, the walls within which are pierced with these, and just beneath the great pediment-like gable,is a long arcade of simj^le j)ointed arches, behind which are apassage and three windows opening into the church. Thisfront is a sham front, and not excusable on account of itsgrandeur or its beauty. Indeed, had it followed the outlineof the fabric, it would have been neither ungainly nor heavy,both of which it most assuredly is now. The interior is striking from its height, but cold in theextreme in effect
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