This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...reigned supreme at this period, and left its stamp in the cathedrals and churches of Salisbury, Ely, Lincoln, Worcester, Winchester, Gloucester, Exeter, Beverley, Bristol, and York. In Spain and Portugal it embodied itself in the cathedrals of Barcelona, Leon, Oviedo, Toledo, Seville, and the monastery churches of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...reigned supreme at this period, and left its stamp in the cathedrals and churches of Salisbury, Ely, Lincoln, Worcester, Winchester, Gloucester, Exeter, Beverley, Bristol, and York. In Spain and Portugal it embodied itself in the cathedrals of Barcelona, Leon, Oviedo, Toledo, Seville, and the monastery churches of Batalha and Belem. In Burgos, towards the middle of the fifteenth century, an architect from Cologne executed the most beautiful facade for a church. Palma, in the island of Majorca, is a Gothic city which looks as if it were all one construction. It is probable that after the taking of the island by the Spaniards a colony of German stonecutters emigrated thither. Throughout Hungary also we find buildings of the German school of architecture, and partly executed by German masters, which challenge comparison with structures in any part of the world. The most striking mediaeval buildings in the ancient Polish city of Cracow all bear the stamp of the German school. It is true that in the Gothic edifices belonging to the close of the Middle Ages there is not seldom an overpowering wealth of ornamentation, but buildings were, nevertheless, always constructed ' according to the laws of compass and measure, ' and wonderful beauty is to be found in the graceful and elegant designs of the ornamentation. In Germany, as well as in England and Spain, especially in the cathedrals of Segovia and Salamanca,1 the later Gothic style is still characterised by great beauty and power. Immediately before the total decay of the architectural art in Germany, Margaret of Austria, daughter of Maximilian, founded the Cathedral of ' Our Lady of Brou, ' which seems to combine all the different features of Gothic beauty in one sublime whole. The influence of Germanic art contin.
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