A Text-Book of the History of Architecture
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The clearstory windows of Noyon, Soissons, Sens, and the choir of V^zelay (1200) were simple arched openings arranged singly, in pairs, or in threes. In the cathedral of Chartres (11 94-1 2 20) they consist of two arched windows with a circle above them, form- ing a sort of plate tracery under a single arch. In the chapel windows of the choir at Reims (1215) the tracery of mul- lions and circles was moulded inside and out, and the intermediate triangular spaces all pierced and glazed. Rose win-... dows were early used in front and transept facades. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries they were made of vast size and great lightness of tracery, FIG. 123. ONB BAY, ABBEY -xUx ArTVT.i.T\ / \ OF ST. DENIS. 3,s m the transepts of Notre Dame (1257) and the west front of Amiens (1288).
From the design of these windows is derived the name Ray- onnantj often applied to the French Gothic style of the period 1275-1375- THE SAIWTE CHAPELLE. In this beautiful royal chapel at Paris, built 1242-47, Gothic design was admirably exemplified in the noble windows 15 by 50 feet in size, which perhaps furnished the models for those of Amiens and St.
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The clearstory windows of Noyon, Soissons, Sens, and the choir of V^zelay (1200) were simple arched openings arranged singly, in pairs, or in threes. In the cathedral of Chartres (11 94-1 2 20) they consist of two arched windows with a circle above them, form- ing a sort of plate tracery under a single arch. In the chapel windows of the choir at Reims (1215) the tracery of mul- lions and circles was moulded inside and out, and the intermediate triangular spaces all pierced and glazed. Rose win-... dows were early used in front and transept facades. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries they were made of vast size and great lightness of tracery, FIG. 123. ONB BAY, ABBEY -xUx ArTVT.i.T\ / \ OF ST. DENIS. 3,s m the transepts of Notre Dame (1257) and the west front of Amiens (1288).
From the design of these windows is derived the name Ray- onnantj often applied to the French Gothic style of the period 1275-1375- THE SAIWTE CHAPELLE. In this beautiful royal chapel at Paris, built 1242-47, Gothic design was admirably exemplified in the noble windows 15 by 50 feet in size, which perhaps furnished the models for those of Amiens and St.
What to read after A Text-Book of the History of Architecture?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Hamlin Alfred Dwight Foster to read onlineMoreLess
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