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 295
wishes that thenave-piers might be re-moved and pendant-vaulting be left, thatthe vast room might be seen without obstruction. Ger-mans in the later period of Gothic architecture were fondof doing the unlooked-for, of effecting great surprises.They made tracery-work which seemed but the twistingof… … INTERIOR ST. STEPHENS. Gothic Style. 273 Fig. 190. §The Brick Gothic Church. The electorates, andespecially the leagues which were formed among the cit-ies and principal-ities of Germany,exe rted greatinfluence upon thedevelopment ofGothic architec-ture. So much so,indeed, that thereare some who…
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