An Introduction to the Study of Gothic ArchitectureJ. Parker, 1891 - 331 sider The history of Gothic architecture from the Roman period to the Renaissance. Most of the text focuses on English architecture but the final section covers the Gothic style in some other European countries. Includes nearly 190 illustrations, as well as a glossary of terms. |
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Side vii
... shewn long since , in his ad- mirable Architectural Histories of Canterbury and Winchester , the importance of attending to this point , on which the whole history of the fabric necessarily turns ; but he did not always apply his own ...
... shewn long since , in his ad- mirable Architectural Histories of Canterbury and Winchester , the importance of attending to this point , on which the whole history of the fabric necessarily turns ; but he did not always apply his own ...
Side xi
... shewn by several inscrip- tions that remain in their original places , and by the arms of the Medici on the arches of the central tower . In the present edition more attention has also been called to the Pisan style , the glory of the ...
... shewn by several inscrip- tions that remain in their original places , and by the arms of the Medici on the arches of the central tower . In the present edition more attention has also been called to the Pisan style , the glory of the ...
Side xiii
... shewn , which was not visible when Mr. Blore made the sketch from which the old woodcut was taken . This porch is built up against the west wall of the old church , which now makes the lower part of the east wall of the tower . The ...
... shewn , which was not visible when Mr. Blore made the sketch from which the old woodcut was taken . This porch is built up against the west wall of the old church , which now makes the lower part of the east wall of the tower . The ...
Side 3
... shewn . On the exterior the brick walls were sometimes cased with slabs of marble . Circular churches were occasionally used from an early period , as St. Vitale at Ravenna , and St. Stefano Rotondo at Rome . In Greece , on the other ...
... shewn . On the exterior the brick walls were sometimes cased with slabs of marble . Circular churches were occasionally used from an early period , as St. Vitale at Ravenna , and St. Stefano Rotondo at Rome . In Greece , on the other ...
Side 14
... shewn in plan . D. A small chamber , ( pointed triangular roof , formed with large flat stones , ) 5 ft . 4 in . by 3 ft . 6 in .; height to apex of roof 8 ft . E. A passage , 2 ft . 6 in . broad , length to angle 8 ft . 6 in . , elbow ...
... shewn in plan . D. A small chamber , ( pointed triangular roof , formed with large flat stones , ) 5 ft . 4 in . by 3 ft . 6 in .; height to apex of roof 8 ft . E. A passage , 2 ft . 6 in . broad , length to angle 8 ft . 6 in . , elbow ...
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abacus afterwards aisles altar angles appears apse arcade architect architecture Basilica belong Berkshire Beverley Minster Bishop brick buildings built buttresses Byzantine called Canterbury capitals Castle Cathedral chapel chapter-house character chiefly choir clerestory cloister construction crockets crypt cusps Decorated style doorways earlier Early English style Early French early Norman eleventh century England examples feature Flamboyant foliage foliated foliated circles France frequently Gloucester Cathedral Gothic architecture Gothic style hall Hugh inscription Italy lancet lancet windows later Lincoln Lincoln Cathedral masonry Minster mouldings nave Normandy Northamptonshire original ornament Oxford Oxfordshire Palace panelling period Perpendicular style pillars plain pointed arches porch probably provinces quatrefoil racter Raunds rebuilt remains remarkable rich Roman Rome roof round sculpture shafts Shewing sometimes square stone thirteenth century tooth-ornament tower tracery transept transitional trefoil triforium twelfth century usually vault walls west end west front Westminster Abbey Winchester Winchester Cathedral wooden
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Side 7 - ... altars be erected, and relics placed. For if those temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted from the worship of devils to the service of the true God...
Side 50 - Salisbury] was a prelate of great mind, and spared no expense towards completing his designs, especially in buildings; which may be seen in other places, but more particularly at Salisbury and at Malmesbury, for there he erected extensive edifices at vast cost, and with surpassing beauty, the courses of stone being so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, THE EAELY NORMAN PERIOD.
Side 50 - Malmesbury. For there he erected extensive edifices, at vast cost, and with surpassing beauty; the courses of stone being so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block.
Side 188 - ... opening than a distinct member of the division. The roofing, from the increased richness of the groining, becomes an object of more attention. On the whole, the nave of York, from the uncommon grandeur and simplicity of the design, is certainly the finest example ; ornament is nowhere spared, yet there is a simplicity which is peculiarly pleasing.
Side 109 - Owky d, as also many other edifices in the same houses : and lastly, the church of Welles itselfe being now ready to fall to the ground, notwithstanding the great cost bestowed upon it by Bishop Robert, he pulled down the...