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 303
in height as theside-chapels are brought in view, awaken a remarkablefeeling of vastness. § Gothic Decoration in Spain. Spain is too excessively embellished. Ivater Gothic inIt could not have 28o Ecclesiastical Architecture. been otherwise, for the elaborate decoration of Moorisharchitecture… … PORTAL FROM CLOISTER CHURCH AT BATALHA. giving decoration, but defying all principles of structure.Lines were looped into exquisite shapes ; spiral linescrept along the round mouldings; curved lines madearabesque bands on surfaces. The chisel, not the brush,effected these artistic designs. Portugal…
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