. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. amount and intci -tst of its sculp-ture, the balanceis fully restoredby tlie extent andniai;ni licence ofits mosaics. Thewalls are faced tothe height of thenave screens withshibs of 11 i)alemarble to whichage has imparteda mellow this bothwalls and vaultsthroughout thechurch, includingthose of the nar- thex, are covered with gold mosaics, of which the greater ])()rtionbelong to the period just following the completion of the church,while some are as late as the sixteenth century. The ea
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. amount and intci -tst of its sculp-ture, the balanceis fully restoredby tlie extent andniai;ni licence ofits mosaics. Thewalls are faced tothe height of thenave screens withshibs of 11 i)alemarble to whichage has imparteda mellow this bothwalls and vaultsthroughout thechurch, includingthose of the nar- thex, are covered with gold mosaics, of which the greater ])()rtionbelong to the period just following the completion of the church,while some are as late as the sixteenth century. The earliest, thoughcomparatively rude in execution (or perhaps because of that fact),are by far the more interesting and admirable, as adapted to their. Arcade under Choir 8creeu.
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