A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 177
ecoration of the Gothic structure ischiefly derived frcnn skilful ami elaborate stone270 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE cutting, iucluding sculpture, anil 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 Architecture: Fig. 6. Cathedral of Noyon (Oise), France.Tr.lnsfpt pcLuliar in h.ivinjr two rounded ends. Elaborate vaulting of deauibulatory and apsidal chapels. gested by visible nature, of plants and animals.The second kind of decoration was a tlirect in-heritance from the Romanesque work…
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