The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 357
of the Xorman, it is because it belongs to that second phase 2q6 ARCHITECTURE, of all civilisation, in whicli elegance and richness replace the strength andthe severity of primordial types. It was, moreover, at this period that architecture, like all the other arts,left the monasteries to pass into… … Fig. 256.—Cloister of the Abbey of Moissac, Guj-enne. (Twelfth Century.) distances from each other presented a striking analogj^ and often even acomplete similitude to each other. There has been much discussion not only on the origin of the pointedarch, but also as to the beauty and excellence of…
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