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Art in Great Britain and Ireland (1909)

Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 59

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ved to our time. Throughout the first half of thetwelfth century the Norman formsunderwent a continual process of re-finement, on the one hand, and enrich-ment on the other. Walls becomethinner, joints closer and more carefully worked columns less thick, carving FIG. 57._CHICHESTER CATHEDKAL:more… … ANGLO-NORMAN ARCHITECTURE being one interested in the refined execution and decoration of awhole conceived simply as an enclosure, into one curious aboutstructure, articulation, development ; into one which saw somethingakin to the architecture of a tree in that of a great cathedral, andwished to…

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