Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . * Fig. 132.—Plans and Elevations of the Baptisteiy of Biella—IXth and Xth Centuries. descend to the base. The Anndows of the apsides are a repro-duction of those above. The door, like that of h). Yincent-in-rrato. 262 is not graceful. It is composed of a stiff rectangle, of wliicli tliearchitrave is lightened hy a flying buttress, semi-circular, afterthe Byzantine manner. Here, therefore, remains the organicessence of the doors of Ivomanic architecture, starting from thefirst years of the eleven
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . * Fig. 132.—Plans and Elevations of the Baptisteiy of Biella—IXth and Xth Centuries. descend to the base. The Anndows of the apsides are a repro-duction of those above. The door, like that of h). Yincent-in-rrato. 262 is not graceful. It is composed of a stiff rectangle, of wliicli tliearchitrave is lightened hy a flying buttress, semi-circular, afterthe Byzantine manner. Here, therefore, remains the organicessence of the doors of Ivomanic architecture, starting from thefirst years of the eleventh century, ho\\e\er rich they mayhe in colonnettes and sculptures. In the presence of this baptistery of liiella, c^uite devoid ofornaments and in part of bizarre if not barbaric structure, Avecannot help praising the tine proportions of the exterior, nor?withhold the observation that these builders seemed seriouslyprc-occupied with the difficult study of arches and their the outside of the apsidal chapel of S. Ambroise, and of thechurch of Alliate, stands out pilasters in str
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