Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 540
t a super-ficial glance at certain of the Romanesque schools that flourishedduring the XI and XII centuries, especially in the south ofFrance. Nothing could illustrate more clearly the extraordinaryvitality and versatility of medieval architecture at this periodthan the fact that to a problem of… … THE VAULTED BASILICA Of all forms of vault, the barrel vault was the most popularin the south of France. Its use was confined to no particularschool or group of schools, but was characteristic equally ofBurgundy, of Auvergne, of Berry, of Provence, and of Languedoc.The great difficulty which it…
Architecture, Medieval
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