The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 114
e first is still somewhatheavy and depressed, in spite of thetowers that raise and dominate it; theimpressions most strongly conveyedby the second are those of height andlightness. In the former, the solidsurfaces are in excess of the apertures,and the converse may be said of thelatter, which is… … FIG. 158. HAMBERG CATHEDRAL, BAVARIA. (Llibke, Architeklur, vol. i., Seemann, Leipzig.) -BAPTISTERY, CATHEDRAL, AND LEANINGTOWER OF PISA. headed arches and horizontal linescharacterise the former; in the latterthe most striking features are its verti-cal lines and its pointed arches. Tosum up, a…
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