The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 448
ant expression of theflorid Norman. In short, let us repeat it, the Norman style, grandiose in its austerity,still quiet and compact even in its richest phantasy, was on the eve ofindividualising for ever, perhaps, Christian architecture ; its rounded arches,uniting their full soft curves to the… … Fig. 302.—Notre-Dame la Grande of Poitiers (Twelfth Century). 3H ARCHITECTURE. elevated calm of liope and the humble gravity of faith. But lo ! the ogivesprang up ; not, indeed, as certain authors have thought they were right inaffirming, from an outburst of spontaneous invention, for we find the…
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