The Stone Ciborium of San Giorgio: Sacred Geometries, Paleochristian Astronomy, and Romanesque Proportions in Valpolicella Perched above the vine-covered slopes of Valpolicella, the Parish Church of San Giorgio in Valpolicella (Pieve di San Giorgio di Valpolicella) guards one of Longobard Italy’s most eloquent inscribed artifacts: a carved stone ciborium erected […]
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The Romanesque Geometry of San Martino: Lombardy’s Early Medieval Mud-Brick and River-Pebble Basilic Plan Logics Planted in the alluvial flatlands of the Ticino river basin, the early medieval basilica of San Martino builds its walls from the valley floor itself: river pebbles gathered from glacial terraces along the Ticino, lean […]
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The Lombard Tempietto of Cividale del Friuli: Deconstructing Barbarian Geometric Stucco Layouts and Byzantine Syncretism On a sheer rock outcrop plunging to the Natisone River in northeastern Italy, a small oratory built around 750 CE preserves the most complete decorative ensemble in all of early medieval European art. The Tempietto […]
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