A History of Ornament
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303-306), Mi ma.
Fig. 341. Carved Band, Front of Sens Cathedral.
from the simple and strongly conventional early type (Fig. 341), to the highly naturalistic and detailed foliage of the Rayonnant period, and thence through the decline of the Flambovant. But in all these stages it w^as marked b}^ a vigor of design, a crispness of execution, and a strongly architectural char- acter hardly equaled elsewhere.
Capitals were tall and bell- shaped at first, with high square or octagonal abaci (Figs. 29...7, 313, 342; Plate XVIII, 1, 2, 3) ; later the foliage, which in the earlier stages of the stjde seemed to grow out of the shaft and was strongly 332 Fig. 343. Capital from Sainte Chapei. Le.
S^'^- / y -I "* //■J ■ ^ I . -J ■ « Q « y. U w « o « o K U o Q so d SCHOOLS OF GOTHIC ORNAMENT conventional, was made more natm'alis- tic and applied to or wreathed around the bell in less organic fashion, as in the splendid caps of the nave-piers of the Ca- Fig. 8 is. Detail from Cornice, NoTiii: thedral of Reims Dame, Parts.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
303-306), Mi ma.
Fig. 341. Carved Band, Front of Sens Cathedral.
from the simple and strongly conventional early type (Fig. 341), to the highly naturalistic and detailed foliage of the Rayonnant period, and thence through the decline of the Flambovant. But in all these stages it w^as marked b}^ a vigor of design, a crispness of execution, and a strongly architectural char- acter hardly equaled elsewhere.
Capitals were tall and bell- shaped at first, with high square or octagonal abaci (Figs. 29...7, 313, 342; Plate XVIII, 1, 2, 3) ; later the foliage, which in the earlier stages of the stjde seemed to grow out of the shaft and was strongly 332 Fig. 343. Capital from Sainte Chapei. Le.
S^'^- / y -I "* //■J ■ ^ I . -J ■ « Q « y. U w « o « o K U o Q so d SCHOOLS OF GOTHIC ORNAMENT conventional, was made more natm'alis- tic and applied to or wreathed around the bell in less organic fashion, as in the splendid caps of the nave-piers of the Ca- Fig. 8 is. Detail from Cornice, NoTiii: thedral of Reims Dame, Parts.
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