Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 268
esque builders obviously promoted this object,it would not of necessity lead to its fullest attainment.Arches may be, and often are, constructed of enormousblocks of stone ; and it had to be studied how tomake good construction with small materials. The most obvious means of doing this was… … Fig. 136. Fig. 137. building an arch of any degree of strength may bebuilt of stones of the most moderate dimensions.This system, consequently, became general in theRomanesque buildings. Now, a deep arch so constructed, and built squarethrough the wall, has a heavy clumsy appearance, andforms a…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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