Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350 (1904)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Duckworth and co.: New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 249
s similarlyexpressive of one idea.Here there is anarcade which con-tinues from the west*front around the apseand back again. Theaisle runs around inthe same unbrokenway, without any pro-jecting chapels. Atthe west end twostrong towers stopthe thrusts of thearcade. The exteriorhas a steep tiled… … Fig. 68. Plan of church at Chars, Oise. CRUCIFORM PLANS 163 Bourges is the greatest church of this class. Here thereare double aisles and double arcades circling around thealtar and continued to the west end, where they areblocked by towers. Another great type of French plan is formed by thetran…
Art, Medieval
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