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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

by Édouard Corroyer

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Author
Corroyer, Édouard, 1837?-1904
Title
Gothic Architecture
Credits
Produced by deaurider, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
NA: Fine Arts: Architecture
Subject
Architecture, Gothic
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54701
Release Date
May 10, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
  3. 3.EDITOR'S PREFACE
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION
  7. 7.PART I RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE
  8. 8.CHAPTER I THE INFLUENCE OF THE CUPOLA UPON SO-CALLED GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
  9. 9.CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF THE INTERSECTING VAULT
  10. 10.CHAPTER III THE FIRST GROINED VAULTS
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV BUILDINGS VAULTED UPON INTERSECTING ARCHES
  12. 12.CHAPTER V ORIGIN OF THE FLYING BUTTRESS
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII THE CATHEDRALS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX CHURCHES OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES IN FRANCE AND IN THE EAST
  17. 17.CHAPTER X TOWERS AND STEEPLES—CHOIRS—CHAPELS
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI SCULPTURE
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII PAINTING
  20. 20.PART II MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE
  21. 21.CHAPTER I MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE: ITS ORIGIN
  22. 22.CHAPTER II THE ABBEY OF CLUNY—CISTERCIAN ABBEYS
  23. 23.CHAPTER III ABBEYS AND CARTHUSIAN MONASTERIES
  24. 24.CHAPTER IV FORTIFIED ABBEYS
  25. 25.PART III MILITARY ARCHITECTURE
  26. 26.CHAPTER I CIRCUMVALLATION OF TOWNS
  27. 27.CHAPTER II CASTLES AND KEEPS, OR DONJONS
  28. 28.CHAPTER III GATES AND BRIDGES
  29. 29.PART IV CIVIL ARCHITECTURE
  30. 30.CHAPTER I BARNS, HOSPITALS, DWELLING-HOUSES, AND "HÔTELS" OR TOWN-HOUSES OF THE NOBILITY
  31. 31.CHAPTER II TOWN-HALLS, BELFRIES, PALACES
  32. 32.Untitled
  33. 33.Untitled

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