. Art in France. imestone. Meanwhile civil architecture was evolved inthe towns; in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the burgessesbegan to install themselves in comfortable dwellings behind the pro-tecting ramparts. They varied greatly according to the character of the locality; the general style ofthe habitation indicated the differ-ence between the France doil andthe France doc, just as did thelanguage of the two regions. Inthe south the predominant typewas the flat-roofed building, of wellcut stone; in the north the housewas built of light materials andcrowned with a high, pointed roo
. Art in France. imestone. Meanwhile civil architecture was evolved inthe towns; in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the burgessesbegan to install themselves in comfortable dwellings behind the pro-tecting ramparts. They varied greatly according to the character of the locality; the general style ofthe habitation indicated the differ-ence between the France doil andthe France doc, just as did thelanguage of the two regions. Inthe south the predominant typewas the flat-roofed building, of wellcut stone; in the north the housewas built of light materials andcrowned with a high, pointed roof;It was to some extent the differenceof style between Romanesque andGothic. A few Romanesque housesstill subsist, the round-archedwindows of which recall theGallo-Roman type; in certaincentres of Romanesque art, suchas Cluny, Montferrand, and SaintGilles, we may still see houses ofthe twelfth and thirteenth centuries. At Cordes (Tarn) verynearly an entire street of this period is intact; in this civilisation, 94. Fu;. 1H7. IIOTKl. in \, AT< ilMlll(.\K. FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART
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