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
... whole history of the fabric necessarily turns ; but he did not always apply his own prin- ciples himself , still less have others generally done So. The construction of the walls is the real test of the whole history , but it is rarely ...
... whole history of the fabric necessarily turns ; but he did not always apply his own prin- ciples himself , still less have others generally done So. The construction of the walls is the real test of the whole history , but it is rarely ...
Side xiii
... of this , but the whole seems to depend on the quarries they come from , and where such enormous masses were found they might be used at any time . Mr. E. A. Freeman has also pointed out a slight PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION .
... of this , but the whole seems to depend on the quarries they come from , and where such enormous masses were found they might be used at any time . Mr. E. A. Freeman has also pointed out a slight PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION .
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... whole of this work is extremely rude ; the construc- tion is usually rubble . When of ashlar , the joints are very wide , and the capitals of the shafts clumsy . ( 24. ) 23. Capital , Jarrow , A.D. 1075 . The abbey church of St. Alban's ...
... whole of this work is extremely rude ; the construc- tion is usually rubble . When of ashlar , the joints are very wide , and the capitals of the shafts clumsy . ( 24. ) 23. Capital , Jarrow , A.D. 1075 . The abbey church of St. Alban's ...
Side 40
... whole building : each of the present towers con- sisting , in fact , of three sides only , the fourth being a part of the original west front . The work of the second period is of fine- jointed masonry , but very plain and early looking ...
... whole building : each of the present towers con- sisting , in fact , of three sides only , the fourth being a part of the original west front . The work of the second period is of fine- jointed masonry , but very plain and early looking ...
Side 50
... whole wall is com- posed of a single block . " The buildings here alluded . to were erected between 1115 and 1139 * , this may then fairly be considered as the turning - point between early and late Norman work ; and here it will be ...
... whole wall is com- posed of a single block . " The buildings here alluded . to were erected between 1115 and 1139 * , this may then fairly be considered as the turning - point between early and late Norman work ; and here it will be ...
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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...