Wednesday 29 November 2023

[Gothic Art (2)(continued (15)):] [Gothic Architecture [continued][14th March 1991]

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‘The decorative features of these great churches were, on the whole, simple.’*

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‘Again, as at Laon, much of the elaborate figured carving of Romanesque building was abandoned in favour of a highly simplified version of the classical Corinthian capital – usually called a “crocket” capital.

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*(cf eg [?[Redbook8:322-323][19910314:1020c]][Gothic Art (2)(continued (9)):] Late Gothic Sculpture [14th March 1991];

or ?[Redbook8:324]***[19910314:1020f][Gothic Art (2)(continued (12)):][Gothic into Renaissance [continued (3)]][14th March 1991],]

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**-- ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 13:991]


***[Page renumbered from 322 to 324 (subsequent to fn?)]



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