. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. )t, th<*nave terminatini;- in a semicircular ai)se, poly<^()nal without, preceded-by a rectangular comi)artment. The apse has been rebuilt in theworst style of the debased Kenaissance. The nave is bordered by. Fig. 36. S. Apollinare Nuovo. twelve gray marble columns on eacli side, with Corinthian capitalsand square stilt-blocks,^ the latter quite plain but for a simple crossin low relief on the side towards the nave. These carry roundarches, wdth moulded and decorated archivolts and panelled
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. )t, th<*nave terminatini;- in a semicircular ai)se, poly<^()nal without, preceded-by a rectangular comi)artment. The apse has been rebuilt in theworst style of the debased Kenaissance. The nave is bordered by. Fig. 36. S. Apollinare Nuovo. twelve gray marble columns on eacli side, with Corinthian capitalsand square stilt-blocks,^ the latter quite plain but for a simple crossin low relief on the side towards the nave. These carry roundarches, wdth moulded and decorated archivolts and panelled soffits,the mouldings in stucco. Above the arches runs a continuous andhighly decorated classic cornice. The clerestory is high, and piercedby broad round-arched wdndows on a moulded string-course. Thewall space betw^een this string and the cornice of the arcade, about ^ This feature, borrowed from the Byzantine architecture, may be accounted for. eitheras a survival, in a rude form, of the block of classic entablature, -which in late Romanbuildings was often interposed betvreen the column and the arch which it carried, or asan original device for enabling- the column to carry a larger piece of wall between thearches than the capital itself would be capable of. 58 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY ten feet in lieig
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