The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 447
be assigned tlie greater nmnber of the ancientchurclies of France, grander and more magnificenttlian ail those of precedingcenturies ; it was then, also, tiie first associations of builders were formed,wbereof the abbots and tbe prelates themselves formed a portion, and wbichwere essentially… … Fig. 299.—Remains of the Church of Mouen, in Normandy. Arclaitecture of the Fifth or Sixth Century. Western churches preserved the primitire arrangement of the Latin basilica—that is, the elongated form and the latéral galleries ; the most importantmodifications were the lengtheniug of the choir…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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