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Title: Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval Architecture, Medieval Architecture
Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Connecticut Libraries

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o form the desired design. Naturally this method gives a cer-tain stiffness to the curves of a pictorial representation, but this,however, even increases the architectural character of the orna-ment. By the Romans this method had been applied to purelyconventional, as well as to pictorial, designs with equal success.It was seldom used on the walls, but was a favorite decorationfor pavements. The Christians adopted the opus alexandrimivifrom the earliest times. Certain important tombs among thecatacombs of Rome show pavements and even wall surfacesdecorated with mosaics of a classic type. Later this ornamentwas borrowed for the adornment of churches. Numerous examples of this art have come down to us inthe Early Christian basilicas — at Rome excellent types maybe found in the churches of Sta. Costanza (early IV century), There is much divergence among authorities as to the terms for designating the variousmosaics. I have adopted what on the whole seems the simplest classification. 76
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