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Sant' Alessandro, Lucca

I noticed your addition of the Corinthian capital to Romanesque architecture. I had looked at it at the time I put that gallery together, and decided against it, for a couple of reasons, not the least because it is a poor photo taken with flash so that the dust in all the grooves looks white, where the shadows should be.

The other reason, obviously, is that there seems some doubt that the capitals were actually created during the Romanesque period, but could in fact be of a Late Roman church. There is variation among the capitals, indicating that the sculptor had a highly nuanced knowledge and was steeped in the tradition of Roman capitals, rather than someone simply copying from one he had seen. Other details of the building suggest the reuse of material, particularly that pediment over the west door, which doesn't quite fit the dimensions of what is below it.

I would be interested in hearing more from you on this subject. Is it possible to get any good images of the interior of the church? Amandajm (talk) 05:37, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, before replying to you, I had already read the Wikipedia article and looked at as many pictures of Lucca as I could find.

Obviously, a great number of genuine Roman columns remained and were reused in the churches of Lucca. Also, it is clear that the Roman style remained prevalent. Lucca Cathedral and Pisa Cathedral and tother churches in the region are indicative of this. But how was this tradition maintained.

Is Sant' Allesandro the missing link i.e. containing at its heart the arcades from a genuine late Roman Christian basilica?

Your article says this:

That this tradition should have survived during the Middle Ages becomes more and more unlikely the further away from Late Antiquity we come, and it is therefore probable that the date of construction of the primitive Sant’Alessandro is much earlier than the Romanesque Age.

The article indicates that the early church predated the 9th century

The question is: when do you think this church was first constructed?

Amandajm (talk) 02:41, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]