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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... centuries , distinguished chiefly by the great number of small columns used on the exterior . The best examples of this ... thirteenth century . Many Romanesque churches in Italy and on the Rhine are contemporary with our cathedrals at ...
... centuries , distinguished chiefly by the great number of small columns used on the exterior . The best examples of this ... thirteenth century . Many Romanesque churches in Italy and on the Rhine are contemporary with our cathedrals at ...
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... century , and again almost rebuilt in the thirteenth . The tower at the west end , which has been a Roman Pharos , has an original Roman arch opening towards the church , but seems to have been always half detached from it , connected ...
... century , and again almost rebuilt in the thirteenth . The tower at the west end , which has been a Roman Pharos , has an original Roman arch opening towards the church , but seems to have been always half detached from it , connected ...
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... century , is usually di- vided into certain periods , or styles , for the conveni- ence of classification and to ... thirteenth century the buildings belong chiefly to the style which is usually called Early Eng- lish ; the last half of ...
... century , is usually di- vided into certain periods , or styles , for the conveni- ence of classification and to ... thirteenth century the buildings belong chiefly to the style which is usually called Early Eng- lish ; the last half of ...
Side 20
... century the Perpendicular style prevailed , and this continued during the first quarter of the sixteenth century ... thirteenth cen tury . The revival of the Pagan style did however begin in Rome in the fifteenth century . In England ...
... century the Perpendicular style prevailed , and this continued during the first quarter of the sixteenth century ... thirteenth cen tury . The revival of the Pagan style did however begin in Rome in the fifteenth century . In England ...
Side 21
... century , and in the south of France of the eleventh . The inventors of this nomenclature applied it to the buildings of the thirteenth century , the earliest period at which the use of Gothic mouldings and details was fully established ...
... century , and in the south of France of the eleventh . The inventors of this nomenclature applied it to the buildings of the thirteenth century , the earliest period at which the use of Gothic mouldings and details was fully established ...
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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...