De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 198
ring to solveone and the same problem; namely, the conversion of the 168 ROMANESQUE ART 169 three-aisled Roman basilica into a vaulted structure. Thisproblem is the key to the whole of Medimval architecture inWestern Europe; of which the Romanesque styles are simplythe first stages and the… … CUBIFORM OR BLOCK CAPITAL FROM THE CATHEDRAL AT GURK ment of the basilica. Columns, marble veneer and splendidmosaics were not to be had; the builders were comparativelyunskilled and stone was the chief material. Their objectwas to reproduce the basilica in simpler form and as far aspossible…
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