Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . S. DEMETRIUS—SALONICA CH. iv] BYZANTINE SCULPTURE 53 arranged alternately in two tiers as in the ancientexamples, but sometimes twisted as if blown by the windin a very curious fashion, of which there are examples inthe churches of S. Demetrius at Salonica where the leavesin the two tiers are blown in opposite directions (Plate III)and S. Sophia in the same city where they are bothblown the same way, and at S. Apollinare in Classeat Ravenna where they are blown flat open. The Byzantine leaf was not modelled so artificially as Fiat treat-the Roman, but tr
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . S. DEMETRIUS—SALONICA CH. iv] BYZANTINE SCULPTURE 53 arranged alternately in two tiers as in the ancientexamples, but sometimes twisted as if blown by the windin a very curious fashion, of which there are examples inthe churches of S. Demetrius at Salonica where the leavesin the two tiers are blown in opposite directions (Plate III)and S. Sophia in the same city where they are bothblown the same way, and at S. Apollinare in Classeat Ravenna where they are blown flat open. The Byzantine leaf was not modelled so artificially as Fiat treat-the Roman, but treated as a flat surface on which the Byzantinepipings were represented by shallow lines, and the °^^^raffling by sharply cut perforations and a plentiful use ofthe drill. The result is curiously precious and delicateand reminds one of the shell of the sea-echinus, which isenriched with similar perforations. But besides these capitals, based on the antique VarietiesCorinthian, another type, quite new and original, made une^^^its appe
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