Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 280
for the absenceof Renaissance details at that late period. TOWN HALLS: GUILDHALLS. These were really the mostcharacteristic Flemish edifices, and are in most cases themost conspicuous monuments of their respective cities.The Cloth Hall of Ypres (1304) is the earliest and mostimposing among them ;… … FIG. 144.—TOWN HALL, LOUVAIN. 248 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. ing and graceful tower, of Louvain (1448-63 ; Fig. 144) andof Oudenarde (early i6th century) are conspicuous monu-ments of this class. In general, the Gothic architecture of Belgium presentsthe traits of a borrowed style, which did not…
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