Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 191
100). Effects of a massive or clumsy ap-pearance are avoided.A strictly logical andstrictly economicaluse of materials andforces is apparent.Eound piers are notunknown to theGothic, but they arenot generally foundin highly developedor characteristic ex-amples of the style. In the use of thepointed… … Fig. 99.—North Aisle. Canterbury. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. 177 tend to enhance the effect of height. The same senti-ment is visible in the actually enormous altitudes ofthe cathedrals. These effects of altitude are also ex-aggerated by a relative narrowness of nave and aisles(Figs. 99, 100). Thegeneral…
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