. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. ri. Uoiiie. (Kniiii De Rossi) COSMATI WORK traditional types became more supple — the hard lines weresoftened, the draperies fell in more natural folds. Yet, untilthe middle of the XIV century, the mosaics betray the persist-ent influence of Byzantine tradition, as, for example, PietroCavallinis composition in the apse of Sta. INIaria in works of this artist, like those of Mino da Torrita and Fil-ippo Rusuti, who decorated the apse of S. Giovanni in Lateranoand the arcade of Sta. Ma

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. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. ri. Uoiiie. (Kniiii De Rossi) COSMATI WORK traditional types became more supple — the hard lines weresoftened, the draperies fell in more natural folds. Yet, untilthe middle of the XIV century, the mosaics betray the persist-ent influence of Byzantine tradition, as, for example, PietroCavallinis composition in the apse of Sta. INIaria in works of this artist, like those of Mino da Torrita and Fil-ippo Rusuti, who decorated the apse of S. Giovanni in Lateranoand the arcade of Sta. Maria Maggiore, mark the moment whenItalian art enters the era of the Renaissance. The Early Christian mosaics in pure design are second ininterest only to the figure mosaics. Executed in opus groecanicum,they sometimes supplanted figure mosaics even in the great borders occur also in many of the figure patterns used are usually the Vitruvian scroll, togetherwith monograms or volutes. Rinceaux and garlands are alsocommon, but most used of all is a new motive, cons

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