Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 184
ilding, thoughinteresting in plan, is more remarkable for a lavish amountof florid ornament, of which our illustration (Fig. 60)may furnish some idea, than for really fine architecture.The conventual church at Belem, near Lisbon, a work ofthe beginning of the sixteenth century, and equallyflorid,… … flWfifpT^r^B^ CHAPTER IX. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN. Materials and Construction. THE Gothic architects adhered, at any rate till thefifteenth century, to the use of veiy small stones intheir masonry. In many buildings of large size it is hardto find any stone…
Architecture, Gothic · Architecture, Renaissance
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