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 iv
... especially to the Rev. Professor Willis , and R. C. Hussey , Esq . , and in France to M. De Cau- mont of Caen , M. Viollet - le - Duc of Paris , and the Abbé Bulteau of Chartres . He trusts that the slight sketch which he has been ...
... especially to the Rev. Professor Willis , and R. C. Hussey , Esq . , and in France to M. De Cau- mont of Caen , M. Viollet - le - Duc of Paris , and the Abbé Bulteau of Chartres . He trusts that the slight sketch which he has been ...
Side vii
... especially in the foreign part , with the object of making that more useful to tourists , who have greatly increased in numbers of late years . In the English part , the chief alteration consists of call- ing more especial attention to ...
... especially in the foreign part , with the object of making that more useful to tourists , who have greatly increased in numbers of late years . In the English part , the chief alteration consists of call- ing more especial attention to ...
Side viii
John Henry Parker. century and one of the twelfth , more especially the upright or vertical joints . The horizontal joints de- pend more on the building - materials . We have so few buildings remaining between the Roman period and the ...
John Henry Parker. century and one of the twelfth , more especially the upright or vertical joints . The horizontal joints de- pend more on the building - materials . We have so few buildings remaining between the Roman period and the ...
Side xi
... especially these changes are often very marked ; for instance , the cathedral of Pisa has been lengthened in all parts , the nave is twice its original length , and the walls raised to double the original height . The clerestory and the ...
... especially these changes are often very marked ; for instance , the cathedral of Pisa has been lengthened in all parts , the nave is twice its original length , and the walls raised to double the original height . The clerestory and the ...
Side 12
... especially doorways , very much resembling that at Monk - Wearmouth , the top of the doorway being formed of one stone ; but this evidently depends a good deal on the quarries from which the stone is taken * . Before the end of the ...
... especially doorways , very much resembling that at Monk - Wearmouth , the top of the doorway being formed of one stone ; but this evidently depends a good deal on the quarries from which the stone is taken * . Before the end of the ...
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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...