Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . CH. IX] PROVINCIAL STYLES 161 traditional Romanesque of those parts, which yieldedslowly and reluctantly to the new-comer. The Gothiccathedrals of Clermont and Limoges seem out of place,and have an air of intrusion among the far more interestingbuildings of the Romanesque period of which that partof France is full. In Poitou and Anjou pointed archi- The Pian-tecture took a peculiar form very unlike that of the royal style6domain, and retained many features of the precedingRomanesque style. The cathedral at Angers, though Angersit has regular
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . CH. IX] PROVINCIAL STYLES 161 traditional Romanesque of those parts, which yieldedslowly and reluctantly to the new-comer. The Gothiccathedrals of Clermont and Limoges seem out of place,and have an air of intrusion among the far more interestingbuildings of the Romanesque period of which that partof France is full. In Poitou and Anjou pointed archi- The Pian-tecture took a peculiar form very unlike that of the royal style6domain, and retained many features of the precedingRomanesque style. The cathedral at Angers, though Angersit has regular rib and panel vaulting is not very far AKp^ CAJH. Met/ lo Fig. 67. De Verneilh. removed from the construction of the domed churches atAngouleme and Fontevrault. Its continuous nave andchoir, without aisles or chapels (Fig. 67), covered byvast quadripartite vaults which rise enormously, dome-fashion, in each bay, is obviously inspired by theneighbouring churches, which have real cupolas onpendentives. This Angevin, or Plantagenet style, as De Verneilh Angerscalls it, pervades the district, and Angers has many Dieu J. G. A. I I l62 FRANCE [CH. IX HOTEL-DIEl/^ -ftSbt
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