Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 119
nstone, and much splendid masonry is to be formd in France.Low towers are often to be met with, and so are project-ing staircase turrets of polygonal or circular forms. Thefacades of cathedrals, including ends of transepts aswell as west fronts, are most striking, and often mag-nificently enriched.… … Fig. 35.—Amiens Cathedral, West Fhont. (1220—1272.) FBANCE. — ANALYSIS : COLUMNS. 79 note how the horizontal bands and other level featuresgiow less and less conspicuous, while the vertical onesare more and more strongly marked ; showing an increas-ing desire, not only to make the buildings lofty,…
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