. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . le that they did not use itfor internal ornament, but conformed to the medieval usage ofa coat of plaster as a ground for painting upon, and trustedalmost entirely to painting and gilding for internal ornament,as in other places. The Eakly Feench style differs in many respectsfrom the Early English, although agreeing with it ingeneral character. Their churches are generally on a larger scale thanours, and are particularly distinguished by much greaterheight: this seems to have been the chief object ofambition of the Erench architects; eac
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . le that they did not use itfor internal ornament, but conformed to the medieval usage ofa coat of plaster as a ground for painting upon, and trustedalmost entirely to painting and gilding for internal ornament,as in other places. The Eakly Feench style differs in many respectsfrom the Early English, although agreeing with it ingeneral character. Their churches are generally on a larger scale thanours, and are particularly distinguished by much greaterheight: this seems to have been the chief object ofambition of the Erench architects; each strove to makehis central vault more lofty than his predecessors, untilthis was carried to such excess that every idea of pro-portion in the other parts of the building was sacrificed p It has been found occasionally in Normandy in early buildings, butvery rarely, and the fragments are now chiefly preserved in museums, asat Caen ; the examples mentioned by M. De Caumont are at S. Sauveursur Rille, S. Taurin dEvreux, and the nave of Bayeux The West Front, 1218—1235.(The Towers had originally wooden spires. EARLY FRENCH BUTTRESSES, to it, and the enormous flying-buttresses which werenecessary to carry these vaults became perfect scaffold-ings of stone, whilst the towers could scarcely be car-ried above the level of the roof ^. The larger Frenchchurches also have very frequently double aisles, whichare a rare feature in England; and as they require theflying-buttresses to be double also, with an uprightpinnacle standing up between the divisions, these addconsiderably to the appearance of stone scaffolding onthe exterior. At S. Denis, almost the only parts remaining of thetime of Suger are the crypt and the apsidal chapels :the whole of the interior of the choir, with the clere-story and vault, were rebuilt about a century after-wards ; and the flying-buttresses, which rise from thewalls between the apsidal chapels to carry the vaultof the choir, belon;^ also t
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