Phillipps, L. March (Lisle March), 1863-1917 · New York : H. Holt and Co. · leaf 228
sts toohigh for them to deal with are encountered by thelofty zigzags of the flying buttresses and guided toearth. The Gothic architects, then, delighted in thevitality of the arch principle as it had never beendelighted in before. They were led on by thisdelight to use the arch principle in a… … To show what they were at, to exhibit nakedlytural conflict in which they were engaged, was to thebuilders a sufficing motive BEAUVAIS CATHEDRAL. APSE f. 176 THE GOTHIC CONTRIBUTION other styles had used timidly. Let us remembernot only that every style to be genuine must bebased on a distinct…
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