. Art in France. FIG. —CLOISTER OF LA CHAISE-DIEU. (Photo. Nrurddn.) FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART. FIG. I0?1.—NAVE OF SAINT-OUEN,ROUEN. the decorative theme of a door or arose-window with easy mastery;fagades acquire a precise and regu-lar elegance, not without admirable nave of Saint-Ouen,at Rouen (Fig. 196), due to asingle uninterrupted effort, on awell-defined plan, is impeccable instyle and somewhat chilly in masses of the architecture,walls and pillars, the wide windowswith three mullions and roses, havethe purity of a fine architecturaldrawing. The term Rayonnant
. Art in France. FIG. —CLOISTER OF LA CHAISE-DIEU. (Photo. Nrurddn.) FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART. FIG. I0?1.—NAVE OF SAINT-OUEN,ROUEN. the decorative theme of a door or arose-window with easy mastery;fagades acquire a precise and regu-lar elegance, not without admirable nave of Saint-Ouen,at Rouen (Fig. 196), due to asingle uninterrupted effort, on awell-defined plan, is impeccable instyle and somewhat chilly in masses of the architecture,walls and pillars, the wide windowswith three mullions and roses, havethe purity of a fine architecturaldrawing. The term Rayonnant (radiating)is applied in France to that chas-tened and correct style which came into vogue when architects substituted decorative research formechanical problems. The resulting modifications affected everypart of the building. The inert elements which remained in themasonry were eliminated; windows were enlarged, pillars were transformed into a sheaf of slendercolumns; the profiles of mouldingsbecame sharper; the triforiumwas diminished or disappearedaltogether, to give more impetusto the so
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