Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 161
itutes their dis-tinctive features. Themouldings of the archare simple, the outerone being the moreelaborate. The com-bined effect is beauti-ful. This doorway issimilar in its form andadornment to thewindows and arcadeswithin the church.When seriousness ofpurpose was lost, allthis wealth of… … koMANESQUE StYLE, 139 ive embellishment led. The columns upon high pedes-tals, and supporting each an architrave, are executed Fig. 99. with all the refine-ment belongingto the best ex-amples. But thereis incongruity inthe grotesqueforms above theheads of the saints,who are set be-tween these…
Church architecture
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