Brick and marble in the middle ages- notes of tours in the north of Italy (1874) (14767325484)

Identifier: brickmarbleinmid00stre (find matches)
Title: Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval Architecture -- Italy Architecture, Gothic
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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25. S:ft(^ qii^COj^O DEL I-^ISLTO. VEj^ICE. p. 187. Chap. Vlll.) SAN GIACOMO—LA CARITA. 187 MCCCLXXXii. in coeluin sublatus; the arched bridge uuderthe choir (which is carried over a canal) shoukl also be noted,as well as the very fine campanile, which, though not boastingof any Gothic detail, is full of the spirit which made theearlier campanili so effective. But if we wish to see the bestcampanile in Venice, I think we must go back to the Itialto,and there, not far from the Grrand Canal, we shall see in tliatof San Griacomo a perfectly fine example/ It is almost en-tirely of brick, and the fine long lines of its arcades give agreat effect of height, whilst the details are all good andquite Gothic in their character. The other churches in Venice are of less importance thantliose which I have described, but the number of remains, ofwliich only too many are desecrated, is very large. TheAccademia has attached to it the desecrated church of theconvent of La Carita. This has three para