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 255
iddle of the twelfth century. Undersuch circumstances there is little opportunity for planningabstract proportions. The regular course of works in rebuilding a church wasto build in sections from the east end. While the choirwas being built, the nave remained in use ; when it wasfinished and… … LAW OF PROPORTION 169 k—.f examples of transformation known to me is at Wetzlar, onthe Lahn. The choirhaving been rebuiltin the fourteenth cen-tury, while the nave re-mained Romanesque, anew west front was be-gun a bay in advance ofthe old one; but thenew work was neverfinished, and the…
Art, Medieval
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