. Art in France. vation ofarchitecture went no further than decoration; the recessed buttresseswere replaced by pilasters, and the gables by pediments. Themouldings which overrun a Gothic fagade capriciously, like thebranches of an old vine-creeper, were disciplined and transformedinto delicate bas-reliefs; but the building was not disturbed in thelogic of its organism. The men of the fourteenth century had practically ceased tobuild cathedrals; the great effort of technical invention was draw-ing to an end, and the mystic impulse was arrested; but the Gothicstyle continued to live,without ren
. Art in France. vation ofarchitecture went no further than decoration; the recessed buttresseswere replaced by pilasters, and the gables by pediments. Themouldings which overrun a Gothic fagade capriciously, like thebranches of an old vine-creeper, were disciplined and transformedinto delicate bas-reliefs; but the building was not disturbed in thelogic of its organism. The men of the fourteenth century had practically ceased tobuild cathedrals; the great effort of technical invention was draw-ing to an end, and the mystic impulse was arrested; but the Gothicstyle continued to live,without renewing general forms of thebuilding took on a moreprecise elegance, andornament continued togrow richer. The Gothic style of thefourteenth century wasmore methodical than thatof the reign of PhilipAugustus. In the transi-tion from the west porchesof Notre-Dame-de-Paristo the north and south porches built bv Jean dc Chelles, we see thqarchitect more and more intent on precision of design; he develops .98. FIG. —CLOISTER OF LA CHAISE-DIEU. (Photo. Nrurddn.) FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART
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