How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 187
, and was evidently inspired by the Ste.Chapelle, in Paris, while the cathedral itself is coloredsomewhat by the Teutonic translation. You will noticethat while there are pinnacles to hold the buttresses,there happen to be no buttresses, as the groined arch ofthe roof is plaster, and, therefore,… … FIG. 66—DOOR ON BROADWAY, NEW YORK(FIFTEENTH-CENTURY GOTHIC) FLAMBOYANT GOTHIC therefore, a true expression of our times ? There is a door-way in the dry-goods district of New York City which isin itself a charming and truthful interpretation of theAge of Love of the flamboyant period. The double…
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