The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 458
acould not have suggested itself of using these buildings for the new religion,because they were generally of excessively limited dimensions, and theplan on which they were built would have but indifferently answered therequirements of the Christian ceremonial. What was necessary for theseservices… … 374 ARCHITECTURE. edifices then in existence (Fig. 295), for such as would best answerthese purposes. The basilicas presented themselves ; these buildings servedat once as law-courts and places of assembly for tradesmen and money-changers, and were generally composed of one immense hall, with…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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