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" It is quite in vain to describe this architecturally. The colour is so magnificent that one troubles oneself but little about the architecture, and thinks only of gazing upon the expanse of gold and deep rich colour all harmonised together into one glorious... "
Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of Italy - Page 154
by George Edmund Street - 1874 - 415 pages
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The Ecclesiologist, Volume 13; Volume 16

Church architecture - 1855 - 430 pages
...extraordinary church, Mr. Street says : — " It is quite in vain to describe this architecturally. The colour is so magnificent that one troubles oneself...thinks only of gazing upon the expanse of gold and deep rich colour all harmonised together into one glorious whole. The mosaics commence throughout the church...
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The Ecclesiologist

Ecclesiological society - 1855 - 906 pages
...extraordinary church, Mr. Street says : — " It is quite in vain to describe this architecturally. The colour is so magnificent that one troubles oneself...and thinks only of gazing upon the expanse of gold aud deep rich colour all harmonised together into one glorious whole. The mosaics commence throughout...
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The Ecclesiologist, Volume 16

Church architecture - 1858 - 438 pages
...description of S. Mark's, Venice, who says : " It is quite in vain to describe this architecturally. Its colour is so magnificent that one troubles oneself...thinks only of gazing upon the expanse of gold and deep rich colour all harmonised together into one glorious whole ; even the angles or arrises of the arches...
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The Ecclesiologist

Ecclesiological society - 1859 - 900 pages
...other as naturally as effect follows cause. I must again repeat what Mr. Street says of S. Mark's, " The colour is so magnificent, that one troubles oneself...but little about the architecture, and thinks only upon the expanse of gold and deep rich colour, all harmonized together into one glorious whole, —...
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On Mosaics (generally) and the Superior Advantages, Adaptability and General ...

Antonio Salviati - Mosaics - 1865 - 58 pages
...school of architects in England. ... It is quite " in vain to describe St. Mark's architecturally. The " colour is so magnificent that one troubles oneself...about the architecture, and thinks only of gazing 27 Rise and development of the early Venetian school of Pre-eminence of Venice in the art of Mosaic....
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