Architecture; an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London: Williams and Norgate · leaf 139
EARLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 185 who erected others at holy sites in Palestine, The most perfect existing early Christian church is that of the Holy Nativity at Bethle- hem, built in the year 827 a.d. This is a noble and impressive building, which stands over a natural cave, later transformed into a… … century a mosaic of the Fia. 23. Nativity was applied to the west front, above the narthex. As struc- ture, all is direct and simple : as architectural expression, it is serious and sweet. There is nothing in it which is unlike late Roman art except the total expression itself. It is the Roman…
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