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XVIII.
CAPITALS FROM THE CLOISTER OF MONREALE, SICILY.
A common device in most of the Romanesque cloisters for adding interest
to the long colonnade was the grouping of two columns of dissimilar
design. This plan is followed here in treating the mosaic inlay
vertically in one and horizontally in the other.
[Illustration: XIX. Capitals from the Cloister of Monreale, Sicily.]
XIX.
CAPITALS FROM THE CLOISTER OF MONREALE, SICILY.
The design of the capitals shown in this plate follows the Corinthian
model very closely.
[Illustration: XX. The Cloister of Monreale, Sicily.]
XX.
THE CLOISTER OF MONREALE, SICILY.
In a later number of THE BROCHURE SERIES another view of this most
charming building will be given. The portion surrounding the fountain,
with its groups of four clustered columns, is, in many respects, the
most beautiful portion of the structure This will be taken up later.
Ravenna Capitals.
With the reign of Constantine, and the introduction of Christianity as
the acknowledged religion of Rome, Byzantine art, as such, made its
appearance. The culture of Rome was transferred to Byzantium, henceforth
to be known as Constantinople. Governed alternately by Greek and by
Persian, it had received a strong Oriental character from the Eastern
nations, and had added to the Greek subtlety and delicacy of expression
the Oriental love of detail.
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