. Art in France. 204. POOR, OF NOTRE-DAME, MANTES. {Photo. Afiirtliin.) The English form of this evolution is known as Perpendicular. 102 FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART. 35.—SOUTH PORCH OF THECATHEDRAL OF ALBI. delicate, and more involved. Inthe enlarged windows the muUionsmultiplied, and were united bycurves analogous to the aspiringflicker of flames. The rose-windowsat Sens leave an impression offatigue and bedazzlement on theretina ; the restless, quivering formscarry away the eye on their capri-cious undulations, and offer it nosingle quiet line on which to the same
. Art in France. 204. POOR, OF NOTRE-DAME, MANTES. {Photo. Afiirtliin.) The English form of this evolution is known as Perpendicular. 102 FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART. 35.—SOUTH PORCH OF THECATHEDRAL OF ALBI. delicate, and more involved. Inthe enlarged windows the muUionsmultiplied, and were united bycurves analogous to the aspiringflicker of flames. The rose-windowsat Sens leave an impression offatigue and bedazzlement on theretina ; the restless, quivering formscarry away the eye on their capri-cious undulations, and offer it nosingle quiet line on which to the same manner the simplicityof the great arches in the ogivalvault is elaborated into complexity;these arches bifurcate and ramifyinto hemes (summit ribs) and tierce-rons (intermediate ribs); purelydecorative ribs accompany them „,,,.,,,. , with their fanciful curves, as in the Cathedral ot Moulins, andSaint Nizier at Lyons; the stone branches become more and moretangled. , Occasionally, architects allow the key or boss ot the vault tohang down like a stalactite, and thisprojecting stone seems to havenothing to sustain it; it is a capitalwithout a pillar, a point of supportfor the
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