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 v
... gratifying ; the two things should always go together : we always find that the architects who are most successful in practice are those who have studied the history of their art the most carefully . An objection may be made to.
... gratifying ; the two things should always go together : we always find that the architects who are most successful in practice are those who have studied the history of their art the most carefully . An objection may be made to.
Side vi
... architects to study the French or any other foreign style . This is true to a certain extent , but at the time that the Gothic style was developed , England and France were so closely connected together that it is impossible to believe ...
... architects to study the French or any other foreign style . This is true to a certain extent , but at the time that the Gothic style was developed , England and France were so closely connected together that it is impossible to believe ...
Side vii
... architect , or the clerk of the works only . This is a great mistake , the test is a very crucial one , and easily applied when we can get at the surface of the walls free from plaster . The thickness of the mortar between the joints is ...
... architect , or the clerk of the works only . This is a great mistake , the test is a very crucial one , and easily applied when we can get at the surface of the walls free from plaster . The thickness of the mortar between the joints is ...
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... architects sent him to build a church in his nation after the Roman manner [ that is , of stone , not of wood ] , promising to dedicate the same in honour of St. Peter , " and Ceolfrid sent the architects as he desired . " This probably ...
... architects sent him to build a church in his nation after the Roman manner [ that is , of stone , not of wood ] , promising to dedicate the same in honour of St. Peter , " and Ceolfrid sent the architects as he desired . " This probably ...
Side 24
... , in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects , 1863 and 1866. The vaults are a century later than the walls . Leofric and his wife Godiva built many monasteries in this 24 THE ELEVENTH CENTURY .
... , in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects , 1863 and 1866. The vaults are a century later than the walls . Leofric and his wife Godiva built many monasteries in this 24 THE ELEVENTH CENTURY .
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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...