How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 131
er open arches at the sides,which centre over the side entrances. All are stronglysuggestive of the later development of the pointed Byzan-tine forms in Siena and Orvieto. Notice that the central arches of the facade are notround, but slightly pointed. Here we have the pointedGothic arch which we… … FIG. 43—NOTRE DAME DU PUY, LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, FRANCE THE SECOND GREAT TRANSITION zation, a complete art. It must be remembered, however,that the origin of the pointed form is lost in obscurityand in the claims of antiquarians. For our purpose it isjust at this period coming into its own, and can be…
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