The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 121
ng arch was invented in thisregion. In Germany, Gothic art did notappear before 1209 (Magdeburg); it isperfectly certain that French Gothic preceded German Gothic by about acentury. In the He de France, atMorienval, an example exists, dating lOI THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES from 1115. This… … 170.—PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL, WESTFRONT. in England, where it may haveemanated from a Norman artist. Orwe may perhaps go further, and askalmost simultaneously in the two coun-tries, each working out identical prin-ciples of construction. Besides the hypothesis which de-scribes the discovery of the…
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