FIG. 276. CHURCH AT ALASSIO.
effects, so captivating to the artist, it is difficult, however, to pick out anything which may be regarded as really good architecture. [Fig. 272] gives some idea of the picturesqueness of the arcaded streets and gateways, while Figs. 273 and 274 give a few good architectural details. The first ([Fig. 273]) might, from its style, be the lintel of any fifteenth century house in Genoa (a splendid example of a similar style of doorway at Genoa being shown in [Fig. 281]), and the other ([Fig. 274]) is a Renaissance doorway in black marble ornamented with raised arabesques. Close to the town is the monastery of San Cristofero, where the ancient cloister and tower ([Fig. 275]) are good specimens of early Italian work. The vaulting of
FIG. 277. TOWERS AND WEST END OF CHURCH, ALBENGA.
the cloister is late, the original roof being probably of timber. The tower is a good Italian campanile, with string courses of the arcaded ornament so common in Lombardy and the Rhineland.
