Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 381
whence arose all the difficulties of cross-vaultingit, which were met and overcome by the adoption of thepointed arch and rib-and-panel construction \ But theItalian reversed this plan, and made the nave bays squareand the aisle bays oblong, and oblong, of course, length-ways of the church, and not… … Fig. i( 2i8 ITALIAN CHURCH GOTHIC [ch. xxvi Widespacing inItalianGothic S. Petro- nio, Bologna Detailnecessaryto give scale Suppres-sion oftriforiiim Reductionof cleres-tory and diminished the number of piers by a half. There isno doubt an audacity in this that appeals to the imagina-tion. All the…
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