Medieval architecture; its origins and development : with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York : Baker and Taylor Co. · leaf 453
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 i 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…
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