. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. amples are the palace of the Dogeand the palaces of the Grand Canal, which after aglance at the accompanying illustration (Plate LI)scarcely require further explanation. In France, civil architecture was less fantasticbut none the less elegant. During the Romanesque period the secular build-ings of the better class were little more than diminu-tive editions of monastic architecture. Those of thebourgeoisie were generally composed of stone in thelower stories and wood in the upper part; but as thepower of the laity increase
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. amples are the palace of the Dogeand the palaces of the Grand Canal, which after aglance at the accompanying illustration (Plate LI)scarcely require further explanation. In France, civil architecture was less fantasticbut none the less elegant. During the Romanesque period the secular build-ings of the better class were little more than diminu-tive editions of monastic architecture. Those of thebourgeoisie were generally composed of stone in thelower stories and wood in the upper part; but as thepower of the laity increased, all gradually assumed amore distinctive character, with certain differencescontingent on location. In the south, stone construction continued to holdsway, while in the north wood was the more popular,for in Champagne, Burgundy, and the royal domain,forests abounded, and forests no longer protected byfeudal law. Peaceful southern cities occupied larger surfaces,and did not need to increase the number of floors intheir houses, but the warlike villages of the north25. Ii vie L1I.—Half-timbered houses of Lisieux. OVERHANGING STORIES. 371 were hemmed in by fortified walls, which compelleda multiplication of stories as the population gain further space, each story overhung theone below, narrowing the street more and more andshutting off the light; but this was somewhat allevi-ated by increasing enormously the size and numberof the windows, which, picturesquely filled with
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