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 381
thewall before the clere-story, wherein are en-gaged composite col-umns, bearing a sec-ond pediment. Thebuttresses about thedrum of the dome arenoteworthy. The pro-fusely ornate characterof this exterior wellexemplifies the excessof the Baroque style. The interior of the church isin harmony with… … CHURCH OF VAL DE GRACE. Renaissance Style, 359 Fig. 253. spandrels of the nave-arches. Circular compartments inthe pendentives of the dome have figures of the evan-gelists also in alto-relievo. The vault of the dome hasfresco painting unequaled elsewhere in France. Thischurch, barring its excess of…
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