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Page xvii
... Romanesque and Gothic architecture , nearly all the references and examples are confined to ecclesiastical buildings . The cause of this is to be traced to a process of abscission which it was found necessary for the work to undergo ...
... Romanesque and Gothic architecture , nearly all the references and examples are confined to ecclesiastical buildings . The cause of this is to be traced to a process of abscission which it was found necessary for the work to undergo ...
Page xxiii
... Romanesque - Roman corruptions of the Grecian orders - attempts to combine the arch and the entablature - Roman remains in the East - excavations at Petra - finest Roman structures unadorned - amphitheatres - aqueducts CHAPTER II ...
... Romanesque - Roman corruptions of the Grecian orders - attempts to combine the arch and the entablature - Roman remains in the East - excavations at Petra - finest Roman structures unadorned - amphitheatres - aqueducts CHAPTER II ...
Page xxiv
... ROMANESQUE OF GERMANY . The Germanic Empire - Carlovingian remains - Lorsch - Lombard origin of the style - Byzantine element - outlines of churches - apses - vaults- piers - triforia - arcades - different kinds of Romanesque surface ...
... ROMANESQUE OF GERMANY . The Germanic Empire - Carlovingian remains - Lorsch - Lombard origin of the style - Byzantine element - outlines of churches - apses - vaults- piers - triforia - arcades - different kinds of Romanesque surface ...
Page xxv
... ROMANESQUE OF SOUTHERN FRANCE , OR PROVENÇAL STYLE . Romanized character of southern Gaul - native development of its architecture -retention of classical notions - outlines of churches - piers and arches― early use of the pointed arch ...
... ROMANESQUE OF SOUTHERN FRANCE , OR PROVENÇAL STYLE . Romanized character of southern Gaul - native development of its architecture -retention of classical notions - outlines of churches - piers and arches― early use of the pointed arch ...
Page xxvi
... ROMANESQUE TO GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE . Opposition between the two styles - length and severity of the struggle- the Pointed Arch the first feature introduced - employed first as an arch of construction - then as one of decoration ...
... ROMANESQUE TO GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE . Opposition between the two styles - length and severity of the struggle- the Pointed Arch the first feature introduced - employed first as an arch of construction - then as one of decoration ...
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Page 316 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone.
Page 315 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alleyed walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, EXposed t'o the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...