. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ^ and beauty. The end wall of the naveis covered with five rows of figure subjects in gold mosaic. on ARCHITECTUliK IN ITALY The exterior shows in its blind arcades of rude brickwork, in theh)w gables, a distinct analogy with the basilican cluirches of Ravennaof a century before. The atrium has disai)poared. The fa(;ade hasa simple inclosed porch, as broad as the nave, with a single arch inthe face and one in each of the ends. This, as well as the squarebell-tower which rises at the extremity of t
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ^ and beauty. The end wall of the naveis covered with five rows of figure subjects in gold mosaic. on ARCHITECTUliK IN ITALY The exterior shows in its blind arcades of rude brickwork, in theh)w gables, a distinct analogy with the basilican cluirches of Ravennaof a century before. The atrium has disai)poared. The fa(;ade hasa simple inclosed porch, as broad as the nave, with a single arch inthe face and one in each of the ends. This, as well as the squarebell-tower which rises at the extremity of the right hand aisle, at theside of the apse, is doubtless of later date.^ The windows are closedby plates of alabaster as in some of the early Roman basilicas, butinstead of being pierced with apertures to admit the light, they are. Fig^. 4:J. Apse of Torcello. ])r()vided with circular })anels sunk so as to leave but a thin film ofalabaster at the back, through which a certain amount of light isable to pass. The crypt under the apse forms a lialf-ring about sixfeet wide, with semicircular niche in the middle lighted by a round-arched window. In the south of Italy the shifting character of the population andgovernment jnevents the churches from maintaining even as muchconsistency of plan as we have observed in the north. The south-eastern ))ortion of the ])eninsula was to all intents and purposes a ^ Canina, pi. 4:5, shows an octagonal baptistery in the atrium. KAKLV CIIKISIIAN A K( 111 I KCTUUK 67 Greek province, lint in the sontliwest we lind still exintin^ ;i niiiii-ber of basilicas — some of early date which may projxfrly be classedwith those of Home. In Naples the old (cathedral of S. Kcstitnta,bnilt abont A. I). 3t)2, and rtd)nilt in f)2i), is crarefully j)rcscrved si<l(!by side with the new cathedral,
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