The craftsman . and maintained without being insistedupon will be best seen by contrasting this church withSanta Croce, (Illustration No. 7), where the dark recessesare abruptly opposed to the light surfaces, producing aharsh and painful effect. In the main facade of St. Marksas in the whole church, one great secret of the success liesin the placing of the mosaics. The mosaics in the lowerrow are better in this respect than those in the upper, al-though the modern ones are poor in themselves, bad incolor, out of scale with the building, and lacking in archi-tectural and decorative instinct in
The craftsman . and maintained without being insistedupon will be best seen by contrasting this church withSanta Croce, (Illustration No. 7), where the dark recessesare abruptly opposed to the light surfaces, producing aharsh and painful effect. In the main facade of St. Marksas in the whole church, one great secret of the success liesin the placing of the mosaics. The mosaics in the lowerrow are better in this respect than those in the upper, al-though the modern ones are poor in themselves, bad incolor, out of scale with the building, and lacking in archi-tectural and decorative instinct in their design and compo-sition. The great triumph of St. Marks rests in this:that the introduction of these modem mosaics has notproved fatal to her, nor destroyed her beauty. She hasrisen superior even to such a blow as this, and stands, ifnot as beautiful as ever, still surpassingly beautiful. But,as I was saying, the placing of the mosaics is one of thegreat secrets of the success of St. Marks, both inside and. Church of St. Moise, Venice \\ No. m
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