A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 178
The decoration of the Gothic structure ischiefly derived from skilful and elal)oratc stone GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE cutting, including sculpture, and this stone cut-ting is of two kinds: first, the repetition in adecorative way of forms which were once purelyconstructional; and, secondly, of forms sug-… … GOTHIC ArchitecTransept peculiar in having ire: Fig. 6. Cathedral of Noyon (Oisk), France. > rounded ends. Elaborate vaulting of deambulatory and apsldal chapels. gested by visible nature, of plants and animals.The second kind of decoration was a direct in-heritance from the Romanesque work out…
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