Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 373
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 capitals of the shafts—combine to producein the spectator that feeling… … Fig. 3QO.—Window, Gable, and Parapet in Cologne Cathedral. this great mathematical problem in stone. This triumphalachievement of stylistic orthodoxy on German soil is asmuch, if not more so than any other Gothic building inGermany, indebted to French inspiration and Frenchmodels. There are also…
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