Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 372
erior, that in a measure robs it of some part of thegrandeur and sublimity which we should naturally expectin an edifice of its size and proportions. It is based partlyon the design of the great Cathedral of Amiens in France.The very rich canopies and windows of geometrical GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND… … Fig. 389.—Westminster Abbey. trative of the real spirit 01 the Gothic style. The consistentunity and simplicity of its stupendous and upward-soaringnave, and its still simpler choir—which has only as its 352 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. ornamental features the stringcourse below the triforiumand the carved…
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