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Page xvii
... style , the halls of our own royal palaces , and the more superb Hotels de Ville of the Netherlands . And much more it is the case with Romanesque , a style of which nearly all the existing remains are either ecclesiastical or military ...
... style , the halls of our own royal palaces , and the more superb Hotels de Ville of the Netherlands . And much more it is the case with Romanesque , a style of which nearly all the existing remains are either ecclesiastical or military ...
Page xxi
... STYLES IN ARCHITECTURE . Different styles peculiar to different ages and nations - effect of circum- stances - manners - race - Changes in architecture more easily traced than in other arts - influence of physical causes - each style ...
... STYLES IN ARCHITECTURE . Different styles peculiar to different ages and nations - effect of circum- stances - manners - race - Changes in architecture more easily traced than in other arts - influence of physical causes - each style ...
Page xxiv
... style - the dome - first period of Byzan- tine architecture - second period - St . Sophia - other examples - piers and arches - value of the style .. 164 CHAPTER VI . DIRECT INFLUENCE OF BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY . Churches at ...
... style - the dome - first period of Byzan- tine architecture - second period - St . Sophia - other examples - piers and arches - value of the style .. 164 CHAPTER VI . DIRECT INFLUENCE OF BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY . Churches at ...
Page xxv
... style CHAPTER XII . 219 OF THE ROMANESQUE OF NORTHERN FRANCE AND ENGLAND , OR NORMAN STYLE . Importance of the style - extent of remains in England - Norman architec- ture not transitional - its introduction into England - Westminster ...
... style CHAPTER XII . 219 OF THE ROMANESQUE OF NORTHERN FRANCE AND ENGLAND , OR NORMAN STYLE . Importance of the style - extent of remains in England - Norman architec- ture not transitional - its introduction into England - Westminster ...
Page xxvi
... style - the vertical principle - develop- ments of the principle - First , the Pointed Arch — its necessity to carry out the style - Second , the round or polygonal abacus — its importance- Third , the clustered pillar - its octagonal ...
... style - the vertical principle - develop- ments of the principle - First , the Pointed Arch — its necessity to carry out the style - Second , the round or polygonal abacus — its importance- Third , the clustered pillar - its octagonal ...
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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...