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Medieval Architecture; Its Origins and Development, with Lists of Monuments and Bibliographies Volume 1 - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...monument of the XII century--the cathedral of Bayeux--has come down to us in Normandy, and this was never fully completed until the Gothic period. Unquestionably many buildings of this epoch have been lost, having been rebuilt or destroyed in later times, and it must always be remembered that we have many parish churches of small size, but often of exquisite design. Yet, when all allowances have been made, the monumental poverty of Normandy during the XII century is most marked. This curious relaxation of building activity after the early bloom of the last half of the XI century is strangely parallel to the lapse which occurred about the same time in the Lombard style. Like Lombardy, Normandy grasped the torch of architectural progress and advanced it rapidly for a moment, only to let it suddenly fall. In one point, however, the two styles are in striking contrast. Architecture never declined in Normandy--never, indeed, stood still. Important buildings ceased to be built, and Norman architecture never reached the goal to which it had been tending; but, on the other hand, progress once scored was never relinquished. Throughout the XII century, detail continued to be elaborated and refined; stonecutting and technique constantly improved; and, in at least one very essential direction, structural advancement of the most notable kind was made. Thus Norman architecture does not leave upon the mind that keen feeling of disappointment which is experienced in studying the Lombard buildings of the same time; and we shall find that the Norman architectural genius, far from being dead, was ready to arise to new triumphs under the more favorable conditions of the XIII century. This architecture of the XIII century was distinctly inspired by the Gothic...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230267093
- ISBN 13 9781230267098
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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