History of mediæval art . tionwas attained by increasing thenumber of the pilasters, asin the Chapel of St. Gabrielnear Tarascon {Fig. 202 a), theChurch of Saintes-Maries (Bou-ches du Rhone), and the AbbeyChurch of Montmajour nearAries. By the duplication ofthese rectangular members agreater play of light and shadewas gained; this was height-ened in effect in those rarecases where engaged columnstook the place of the pilaster,or were connected with it. In-stances of this are the Church of St. Peter in Reddes (Herault),where coupled columns support richly-moulded transverse arches,and that of S
History of mediæval art . tionwas attained by increasing thenumber of the pilasters, asin the Chapel of St. Gabrielnear Tarascon {Fig. 202 a), theChurch of Saintes-Maries (Bou-ches du Rhone), and the AbbeyChurch of Montmajour nearAries. By the duplication ofthese rectangular members agreater play of light and shadewas gained; this was height-ened in effect in those rarecases where engaged columnstook the place of the pilaster,or were connected with it. In-stances of this are the Church of St. Peter in Reddes (Herault),where coupled columns support richly-moulded transverse arches,and that of St. Martin at Londres, in which the classic traditionsare less evident, its trapeze-shaped capitals and its pilaster stripsand corbel-tables pointing to the influence of the East, especiallythat of Northern Italy {Fig. 202 c). The imitation of foreign mod-els occasionally led to the introduction of cross-vaults, correspond-ing to the pilasters, in place of the single barrel-vaults, as in theChurch of Le Thor (Vaucluse). 22. Fig. 201. —Plan and Section of the Chapel ofSt. Thomas at Molleges. 338 ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMANIC EPOCH. The most elaborate treatment was devoted to the apse. Theornamentation upon the exterior is usually formed by Corinthianpilasters with horizontal entablatures; that upon the interior byengaged columns and blind arches, the conch being divided by ra-dial ribs. The origin of this system is without doubt older thanthe period now under consideration, it having been introduced into
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