lIlSrOllY OF

ARCIHTKCTUllE. Book I
crntmv, at Pisa
{fiy.
271),
exhibits the local peculiaiity of tliree stones, composed really
or in appearance, by tliree piers and two arches. This is common. A (ourth stov;
goinetimes shows its
windows under the arches
;
but generally is an independent additioi
Fig. S7 1- HOUSE AT PISA.
to the design. At the level of eacl
floor are put-log holes for th
wooden cantilevers ofthe halconie;
perhaps more properly the tettoj
or pent-house roofs, which will h
noticed in the examples from Sa
Gimignano. The palazzo Buonsig
nori at the end of the via di Sa
Pietro at Siena belongs to th
brickwork of the Ifith century
the fa9ade is about 56 ft. long, an
consists, on each upper floor, c
seven bays, four of which are give
in
fg
272. A fountain in th
piazza Carlano at Viterbo migl
serve as a type of several othei
designed in this century.
615. To the end of the 131
and early part of the Hth centii
ries belongs the catliedral at Oi
vieto, one of the most interestin
examples of Italian Gothic, and a
instance of the use, internally
well as externally, of alternat
courses of colour, which in th:
case is produced by black basalti
lava and yellowish-grey limestoni
Although the first stone was lai
1290 for the execu'ion of a desig
by \j. Maitani, who had just coir
pitted the front of the duumo i
Siena and built this cathedral
(
fie
-'73.) before his death, 1330, th
uorks were in hand till the end (
the 16th century. A list ofthirt\
tliree architects has been preservet
The building is 2 78 ft. long b
103 ft. wide, and 115 ft. high t
I lie plain ceiling, made 1828,
whic
lests on piers 62 ft. high. 'I'hes
piers are fronted by statues of th
apostles, 9 It. 6 in. high, on pedestal
Fig. 275. ELI-.VATION- OF THE CATHEDKAL, OnVlETO. .! .
r l\ ^

if-
1
1 tl, ^
that are 5 It. 6 ni. high above th
floor of the nave, which is iriade of Apenniiie red marble that has inlaid Heiir.s-de-li