Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 191
e EarlyPointed period in my last lecture.I particularly showed that aboutthe period of the transition a greatchange took place in France in theform of the capitals, in which the oldRomanesque form was almost uni-versally abandoned in favour of oneof a distinctly Byzantine origin,which I suggested… … / lecture iv.] MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE. 153 construction of churches then brought into France doesnot appear to have extended northward of the Loire,the Byzantine capital of the Corinthianesque type wasadopted quite into the north of France, and became theparent of the exquisite capitals and foliage…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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