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Page xi
... introduced into lands where the necessities of the cli- mate require a complete departure from its first principles . And now , at the risk of repeating what I have said in the General Introduction , I cannot help making a few remarks ...
... introduced into lands where the necessities of the cli- mate require a complete departure from its first principles . And now , at the risk of repeating what I have said in the General Introduction , I cannot help making a few remarks ...
Page xvi
... introduced by the subject , without reference to theo- logical and ritual minutia which would certainly have been out of place . And , after all , I have done no more in speaking in that way which I hold to be just of certain systems ...
... introduced by the subject , without reference to theo- logical and ritual minutia which would certainly have been out of place . And , after all , I have done no more in speaking in that way which I hold to be just of certain systems ...
Page xxiv
... introduction an era in art - proportions of columns - ornamental arcades -sculpture - doorways - ground plan and outline of churches - campaniles -three periods of Lombard architecture CHAPTER VIII . OF THE ROMANESQUE OF GERMANY . The ...
... introduction an era in art - proportions of columns - ornamental arcades -sculpture - doorways - ground plan and outline of churches - campaniles -three periods of Lombard architecture CHAPTER VIII . OF THE ROMANESQUE OF GERMANY . The ...
Page xxv
... introduction into England - Westminster- Waltham - no essential difference between Early and Late Norman- Outlines of churches - preserved by the Gothic builders - of great churches - St . George Bocherville - west fronts - transept ...
... introduction into England - Westminster- Waltham - no essential difference between Early and Late Norman- Outlines of churches - preserved by the Gothic builders - of great churches - St . George Bocherville - west fronts - transept ...
Page xxvi
... introduced - employed first as an arch of construction - then as one of decoration - retention of the round arch , especially in English doorways — changes in abaci - pillars - mouldings- use of classical capitals - Attic base ...
... introduced - employed first as an arch of construction - then as one of decoration - retention of the round arch , especially in English doorways — changes in abaci - pillars - mouldings- use of classical capitals - Attic base ...
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abacus aisles ancient appears apse Arabian arcades archi architects architrave basilicas beauty buildings Byzantine Byzantine architecture capital Cathedral century chancel character choir Christian churches classical clerestory columns construction Corinthian cupola decoration distinct dome doorway Doric Doric order Early Gothic Egypt Egyptian England enriched entablature erected examples excavations exhibit existence feature flat foliage gables genuine German Gothic architecture Gothic art Grecian Grecian architecture Greece Greek heathen height idea imitation Italian Italy jambs latter less Lombard magnificent massive monuments mouldings nations nave Norman occur octagonal origin ornament outline Oxford Cathedral Pelasgian perfect period Perpendicular pier pier-arches pilasters pillars pointed arch portico Price principle proportion pure remains remarkable Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof round arch rude Saracens Saxon sculpture seems shafts sometimes spire splendour square stone structures style tecture temple tion tower tracery Transition triforium ture usually vaulting vertical wall whole
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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...