Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . 7^ \. 1X3 1 /o,7 Fig. 138. CH. xxviii] ENGLAND—NORMAN PERIOD 241 would have taught. In the capital shown in this Normanillustration (Fig. 139) there is to be sure a leaf to ^*^p^^mark the angle, and the beasts are placed symmetrically,but the scroll-work wanders loosely over the surface, andthe rudimentary idea of vegetable growth is ignored, for. •ST PETERSNORTHAMTTON. Fig. 139. while most of the sprays branch off as they ought in thedirection of the main stem others start from it sculpture indeed the Norman school, whetherhere or in Norman
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . 7^ \. 1X3 1 /o,7 Fig. 138. CH. xxviii] ENGLAND—NORMAN PERIOD 241 would have taught. In the capital shown in this Normanillustration (Fig. 139) there is to be sure a leaf to ^*^p^^mark the angle, and the beasts are placed symmetrically,but the scroll-work wanders loosely over the surface, andthe rudimentary idea of vegetable growth is ignored, for. •ST PETERSNORTHAMTTON. Fig. 139. while most of the sprays branch off as they ought in thedirection of the main stem others start from it sculpture indeed the Norman school, whetherhere or in Normandy, lagged far behind those of theSouth of France and Burgundy, where the remains ofRoman art afforded superior instruction. At first it was J. A. II. 16 242 ENGLAND—NORMAN PERIOD [ch. xxviii Normansculpture Figures in Norman sculpture Animalsin Normansculpture Theirsymbolism rarely attempted, and the earlier churches seldom gotbeyond cushion capitals, and billet or dentil next step in advance was the introduction of suchsimple conventional ornaments as the zigzag, which thecarvers soon learned to treat with much skill and refine-ment. The front of Castle Rising church in Norfolkaffords a pleasing example of this kind of is it so lavishly employed as in the little villagechurch of Iffley near Oxford, where its profusion is some-what tedious.
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