 It is built wholly of marble, and overlaid, inside and out, with florid ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture ; but instead...  Sketches in Italy and Greece - Page 46by John Addington Symonds - 1874 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1866 - 840 pages
...beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form tbe charm of French and English architecture ; but instead...producing most agreeable combinations of blending hues »nd harmoniously-connected forms. The chief fault which offends against our Northern taste is the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1866 - 826 pages
...of exquisite beauty. There are no 4jru%'butfresses, no pinnacles, no''àeèp and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture ; but instead of this tho lines of particoloured marbles, the scrolls and wreaths of foliage, the mosaics and the frescoes... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Cities and towns - 1876 - 450 pages
...ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture...northern taste is the predominance of horizontal lines, both in the construction of the facade, and also in the internal decoration. This single fact sufficiently... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Cities and towns - 1876 - 454 pages
...ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture...satisfy our sense of variety, producing most agreeable com binations of blending hues and harmoniously connected forms. The chief fault which offends against... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Italy - 1876 - 516 pages
...ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture...of parti-coloured marbles, the scrolls and wreaths uf foliage, the mosaics and the frescoes which meet the eye in every direction, satisfy our sense of... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Greece - 1880
...ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture; but, instead of this, the lines of parti-colored marbles, the scrolls and wreaths of foliage, the mosaics and the frescos which meet the... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Italy - 1883 - 354 pages
...the lines of parti-colored marbles, the scrolls and wreaths of foliage, the mosaics and the frescos which meet the eye in every direction, satisfy our...Northern taste is the predominance of horizontal lines, both in the construction of the facade, and also in the internal decoration. This single fact sufficiently... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Cities and towns - 1884 - 424 pages
...ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture...northern taste is the predominance of horizontal lines, both in the construction of the facade, and also in the internal decoration. This single fact sufficiently... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Greece - 1898 - 408 pages
...ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture...Northern taste is the predominance of horizontal lines, both in the 1 Siena, of all Italian cities, was most subject to revolutions. Comines describes it as... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Athens (Greece) - 1898 - 406 pages
...ornaments of exquisite beauty. There are no flying buttresses, no pinnacles, no deep and fretted doorways, such as form the charm of French and English architecture...Northern taste is the predominance of horizontal lines, both in the 1 Siena, of all Italian cities, was most subject to revolutions. Comines describes it aa... | |
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