As the front of so beautiful and wonderful a church it may be inadequate, but as a structure of black and white marble it will do.

To my mind nothing satisfactory can now be done in this medium, which, unless it is centuries old, is always harsh and cuts the sky like a knife, instead of resting against it as architecture should.

But when it is old, as at S.Miniato, it is right.
S.Croce is the Westminster Abbey of Florence.

Michelangelo lies here, Machiavelli lies here, Galileo lies here; and here Giotto painted, Donatello carved, and Brunelleschi planned.

Although outside the church is disappointing, within it is the most beautiful in Florence.