The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 489
trically pierced withsombre loop-holes present an abrupt and naked appearance; but the mono- 400 ARCHITECTURE. tony of their lines is picturesquely broken by the projection of overhangingturrets, by the corbels of the machicolated arches, and by the embrasures ofthe battlements. A vast amount of… … Fig. 319.—Tour de Nesle, which occupied the site of the Exchange on the banks of the Seine, Paris.(From an Engraving of the Seventeenth Century.) the most deserted valleys, the apparatus of strength and defence of citiesand towns—gates, ramparts, towers, citadels, &c, immense works…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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