Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 127
ssedas specimens of skill and daring, careful forethought, andbold execution. Design, in France, pursued the general principles of Gothicarchitecture to their logical conclusions with the mostuncompromising consistency. Perhaps the most distinctivepeculiarity in French cathedrals is a love of… … Fig. 3?.—BEArvAis CATHErRAL, Inthriok. (1225—1537.) true, plenty of the picturesque element in French medisevalart; but if we take the finest buildings, and those in BELGIUM AXD THE NETHERLANDS. 87 which the greatest effort would be made to secure the quali-ties which were considered the greatest…
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