A visit to the domed churches of Charente, France, by the Architectural Association of London, in the year 1875 : published as a memorial to Edmund Sharpe : with an historical and descriptive text, illustrated by sixty photo-lithographed plates . s in general. The first dome of the Angouleme nave was copied fromPerigueux, the rest were adopted from approval of the solidity of the structure. Theornamentation is entirely Romanesque and is indentical with that of buildings whichhave no cupolas. This agrees with the opinion of M. Verneilh, who remarks that thesculpture at S. Front is of a very bal
A visit to the domed churches of Charente, France, by the Architectural Association of London, in the year 1875 : published as a memorial to Edmund Sharpe : with an historical and descriptive text, illustrated by sixty photo-lithographed plates . s in general. The first dome of the Angouleme nave was copied fromPerigueux, the rest were adopted from approval of the solidity of the structure. Theornamentation is entirely Romanesque and is indentical with that of buildings whichhave no cupolas. This agrees with the opinion of M. Verneilh, who remarks that thesculpture at S. Front is of a very bald character, and moreover that it does not exhibitthe same Byzantine type that prevails in the Architecture. The church next in importance to Angouleme Cathedral in the district in whichthe Excursion extended, and which exhibits Byzantine features, is that of S. Liguaire deCognac, which seems to have been rebuilt about the end of the twelfth century,following both in size and in style the cathedral of Angouleme very closely, but it hassuffered very much from the hand of time, and although the original forms can to agreat extent be recovered, this church does not offer so much to the architecturalstudent as several others of smaller THE EXCURSION. CHAPTEE II. The Sixth Excursion of the Architectural Association. ON the 28th of August, 1875, those members who had undertaken to meet Mr. Sharpeat Angouleme arrived there, headed by the President of the Association, whocame, accompanied by the Secretaries—a most important factor in the success of theExpedition. There were also present two or three others, who, although not membersof the Society, had enjoyed the advantage of Mr. Sharpes leadership on several previousexcursions, and looked forward with much enthusiasm to this. The numbers altogetheramounted to 27. They found a convenient rendezvous in the Hotel de France, andthe city itself, besides its architectural objects, Avas a continual interest to them, onaccount of it
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