Gothic Architecture

PART I

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RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE

CHAP.

1. THE INFLUENCE OF THE CUPOLA UPON SO-CALLED GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE 11

2. THE ORIGIN OF THE INTERSECTING ARCH 16

3. THE FIRST VAULTS ON INTERSECTING ARCHES 24

4. BUILDINGS VAULTED ON INTERSECTING ARCHES 32

5. THE ORIGIN OF THE FLYING BUTTRESS 41

6. CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS OF THE TWELFTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES 51

7. CATHEDRALS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 67

8. CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 85

9. CHURCHES OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES IN FRANCE AND IN THE EAST 105

10. TOWERS AND BELFRIES--CHOIRS--CHAPELS 128

11. SCULPTURE 153

12. PAINTING 179