, 1877-07-28
FAMILIAR TALK,


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'o".'n e''".u!5 % o"' era lns uchtrofs"e
aeal ~ Inc thr1"lans, aa they gtainany ga'nel
puRcr. spared little of the construction ura-
mrnt of Pagan fnrne; and the aftot,ton Of The
r,, r,.1t,,im I,v t,,u.,,,tin. NAV he eon,1,,,1
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~ tne satfhn'at1oa nl t!t"ee lh"uetees WHICH
wllcii the IesOlatinE strength Of the Invading
Northern horde. was added t., thu iconoclu.tt;
frs,,zv at tl.. f,I,r1.tI.n conr.r,. thr nr,t.t.
o1 Italy HcFe R'ad TO hha ene'tcf AMI
patronage III CunttantfnoPle, the ancient
and beautiful Byzanttum, aItting like
qec,, in ll.c lovc1.e.t ,,r.ton Of earth. flcrr,
,"'t't t"i ta'h fses, W.. ."'''s.' a., I'll"
theories OF ancient Art and under the patr"n-
agc Vi wealthy and ambitious Empcrora arose
| ana n,,,,,s,r. wnl,n, n. I'm tttwnfsII -, w..
""a t""s's' -, "".'f ~ NV ,,t.,., ~" ~ l''
t'"h're u uranium. III the h'tee''th century,
| was ascarcfnly cherished by tic arcex Church,
| aIrl Ii the basis Of tho truly national Art of
Ruas,n.
T," 1,,,,nt,.t,n, ,,,rx of t,x,,,t,n. H., !. ~.
!ne ea'"'se"s e,oty ~ pHH". ~. .n, ar t"o
much Changed aud .uetaecd, hut sttii glorious,
Church Of 81. Sophia. a. ConssantInorle, buit
| In tho ttxth century: but this school of Art
snrr,,t ftx Influence wi1c.v. ryrn tr,n Wr.,crn
| r =, t,. :. ;.t a. s1.
| i.ufpnr'-ot. .narke A. stn'ec' tnc t"urEnss at
tavet'na, Ali! the navc OF the Cathedral Vi Ai1-
| luClapclie, being amust purely byzantine In
| rn,,s,r,,r,j,,n,
Tnls str,,. NJ Architecture hcnp an oufprnwtt h
II, fhr alrnf f,r1rr. ,.src, faiy NJ III. Rntnar,
Ia. w lis rujuE form tic circular arc. Thoucl,
| lin ,tu,rs ti EyzuntIne rfiurrhrs krpf fhr re-.
taurmIar finn, ~ ,Is trek ,nirirls H." vim
trss IRE niwuya scInIrIrr,,Iar mil lin rwrt,,.r
a,ut nns, r,arartrrsir frattrc ,.f tfc lu,j,,iiu,
i thu nr,hcl yuut,'a. Not ,unly is tLie swelling
tlomn fu,,nti on thr centre ii these chJr,h..'
whirII have .fftm ibc fnrrn p{ thc jIrrrE rrus.
Int there aru ni., j,alf c3ltu,1as covering TIC
| smY. surrounding The centre, Lik,, Eryntfan
Ar, Byzuntinv is cl,afn.:tcrixcd by ricinc.n oi
material. un,t much skill 1,setl' in ,,rfniur-
t1Ir tir itcteral ciT.ct. heavy vrrvroi. VI Vi,
was tius t}uaiiy ticyrlune1 frD,I tiIe rnTraitinr
ii Christian syu,lr,tisiu uIs,n K,man ipr,ns
| Hyznntinr decoration is tir1rtly tt,t,yrufin,,ai
afnl .yn,lu]irn1 -lts most c,,tn,,,n ft,r,ne bcnr
the irrftul. Representing thr Trnfv. tl,.
auatretuil, inlIruti,sc iii. fDur Eva,,rtll.tt:
at,,l the tircek rross,-esch oi t!,cse being Of cn
unitrti will the f},nf,ls. whEri, t,,s,,ihr. lin.
Lur,j. Ills ps.1,jiar rapltat Of cuuti,. NAV h..
,,.a,rit,eI ~ lhe CDrinthfa, .,f ths f;rrrke
iyestetl Vi its foiiage.ur,,a,uentt, unI uressed
down in,o almost cuuraj tIIa,w, fhis il
J,ruratc,l with fcs folatcd ornaments In Inv
relief. or will futta.tic figures. The fara.}rs
are uftrn ur,,atnettr1 by frtcx.one anil t,rlrk
u,f,,tir thc latter telitc mi mir rectangular
but curved md Y-sAanctl. This allows Of ere nj
variety uf arrangement In both form and ct,i1,r.
and IarnnrlIzes we'll with ti.e frequent use OF