liaged finialssupporting statues, are a complete summary of the beautiesand defects of the style. The craftsmanship is perfect, butthe niche itself, with its flanking pinnacle, its ogee canopyand crocketed gable ending in a full-flowered finial, has be-come the characteristic feature of the style… … ^-^-^ ^ PISCINA AND SEDILE : WIXCHILSEA 270 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE its use of the canopied niche was summed up the decorativetemper of the fourteenth century, as had been that of thethirteenth century in the shafted arcade, and that of thefifteenth was to be in the cusped panel. The first Gothicartist…
Church architecture · Architecture, Gothic
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