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 500
l conditions, isso far removed from present-day standards, that the averagespectator will turn with relief to the more naturalistic represen-tations of the XIII century. The realistic tendencies of thisperiod, carried to excess in the XIV century, were destined inthe end to be the undoing of Gothic… … III. 264. — Stained Glass Windows of the Ste. Chapelle of Bourges, now in the Crypt of theCathedral. (From Meloizes) SCULPTURE The perfect adjustment between the rival forces of conventionand nature was perhaps found in the sculptures of the facade ofAmiens. These figures, although executed with a…
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