Architecture for General Students
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The interior presents the massiveness, simple security, and grandeur of proportion, characteristic of this style. The arches of the gallery nearly equal those below hi span, while the windows are formed of tall and short arches, placed alternately in one side or the other, according to the curve of the vaulting above. Romanesque i?i E?i gland. — As the Norman con- quest gave to England new customs, laws, and lan- guage, so, also, it introduced a new system of archi- tecture. The Norman took the... place of the rude and ponderous Saxon, but not without adopting some of its elements, and hence known as the Anglo-Norman. Yet it preserved the same predi- lection for linear ornament, and a similar placing of the overhanging towers. Its details were vari- ously modified. In the Anglo-Norman building, the pillars of the nave are not quadrangular but circular, and rest upon a simple beveled slab as a base. The capital is the so-called Plaited Capital, the lower or rounded part of the abacus being chan- neled vertically into wide scallops or plaits.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The interior presents the massiveness, simple security, and grandeur of proportion, characteristic of this style. The arches of the gallery nearly equal those below hi span, while the windows are formed of tall and short arches, placed alternately in one side or the other, according to the curve of the vaulting above. Romanesque i?i E?i gland. — As the Norman con- quest gave to England new customs, laws, and lan- guage, so, also, it introduced a new system of archi- tecture. The Norman took the... place of the rude and ponderous Saxon, but not without adopting some of its elements, and hence known as the Anglo-Norman. Yet it preserved the same predi- lection for linear ornament, and a similar placing of the overhanging towers. Its details were vari- ously modified. In the Anglo-Norman building, the pillars of the nave are not quadrangular but circular, and rest upon a simple beveled slab as a base. The capital is the so-called Plaited Capital, the lower or rounded part of the abacus being chan- neled vertically into wide scallops or plaits.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Caroline W Horton to read onlineMoreLess
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