Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . -^\. p i ^^^-^^^-m > f ? I* ^- y>#i^#: n. miH^\i,.^~\ d:^^^ ^ !ii ....-^ .-rsi SCROLL ON THE BAPTISTERY PORTAL—PISA CH. xvi] PISA 259 fair imitations of Corinthian, or composed of figures of Themen and animals. Baptistery Externally the walls of the baptistery are of the originaldesign up to the second storey. The lower stage has thetall blank arches of Pisan design like the basement of theDuomo. Above is a row of smaller arches now sur-mounted by pediments and crocketting of 14th centuryGothic, which are continued in an upper storey reachingthe do
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . -^\. p i ^^^-^^^-m > f ? I* ^- y>#i^#: n. miH^\i,.^~\ d:^^^ ^ !ii ....-^ .-rsi SCROLL ON THE BAPTISTERY PORTAL—PISA CH. xvi] PISA 259 fair imitations of Corinthian, or composed of figures of Themen and animals. Baptistery Externally the walls of the baptistery are of the originaldesign up to the second storey. The lower stage has thetall blank arches of Pisan design like the basement of theDuomo. Above is a row of smaller arches now sur-mounted by pediments and crocketting of 14th centuryGothic, which are continued in an upper storey reachingthe dome. The classic feeling of the interior sculpture shows Classicitself again in that of the columns flanking the portals. (SaiifIn particular that of the doorway facing east has amagnificent sweep of foliage that could not have beensurpassed in the best period of Roman art, and which issurprising at this date (Plate LXXIV). But in Italy theclassic feeling never died out, and though Nicola Pisanosexquisite pulpit of 1260 in this baptist
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