| John Ruskin - 1890 - 94 pages
...figure-sculpture to Bourges. It has nothing like the artful pointing and moulding of the arcades of Salisbury — nothing of the might of Durham ; —...practised by civilized nations ; and few are unaware of tlie distinctive aims and characters of Gothic. The purpose of a good Gothic builder was to raise,... | |
| Thomas Perkins - 1902 - 134 pages
...Amiens deserves the name given it by M. Viollet-le-DuC, 'the Parthenon of Gothic architecture,' — of Gothic, . . . clear of Roman tradition and of Arabian...of structure being once understood and admitted." Mr. Ruskin goes on to tell us what, in his opinion, were the principles which actuated the Gothic architect.... | |
| John Ruskin - 1908 - 818 pages
...Amiens deserves the name given it by M. Viollet-le-Duc — " The Parthenon of Gothic Architecture." * Of Gothic, mind you ; Gothic clear of Roman tradition,...and of Arabian taint ; Gothic pure, authoritative, * Of French Architecture, accurately, in the place quoted, Dictionary of Architecture, vol. ip 71 ;l... | |
| John Ruskin - 1908 - 802 pages
...Amiens deserves the name given it by M. Viollet-le-Duc — " The Parthenon of Gothic Architecture." * Of Gothic, mind you ; Gothic clear of Roman tradition,...and of Arabian taint ; Gothic pure, authoritative, * Of French Architecture, accurately, in the place quoted, Dictionary of Architecture, vol. ip 71 51... | |
| James Wood - 1920 - 730 pages
...cathedral begun in 1220, described as the " Parthenon of Gothic architecture," and by K 11 , kin as " Gothic, clear of Roman tradition and of Arabian taint, Gothic pure, authoritative, unsurpassable, and imaccusable " ; possesses other buildings of interest ; was the birthplace of Peter the Hermit, and... | |
| Archaeology - 1919 - 404 pages
...and its manual accomplishments, worthy of Monsieur Viollet-le- Dec's enconium: "The Parthenon of the Gothic — clear of Roman tradition and of Arabian...principles of structure being once understood and admitted. " It was begun in 1220 and completed in 1288, and epitomize3 better than any other structure ever erected... | |
| Archaeology - 1919 - 398 pages
...accomplishments, worthy of Monsieur Viollet-le-Dec's enconium: "The Parthenon of the Gothic—clear of Roman tradition and of Arabian taint: Gothic, pure,...principles of structure being once understood and admitted " It was begun in 1220 and completed in 1288, and epitomize 2 better than any other structure ever... | |
| Marcel Proust - Literary Collections - 1989 - 248 pages
...charm, or at least the merit, of being shown, it seems to me, for the first time. [pp. 244-46» 1] "Of Gothic, mind you; Gothic clear of Roman tradition,...of structure being once understood and admitted." [4:1] See the development of these ideas in Walter Pater's Miscellanea (article on "Notre-Dame of Amiens").... | |
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