. Art in France. ermediate ribs); purelydecorative ribs accompany them „,,,.,,,. , with their fanciful curves, as in the Cathedral ot Moulins, andSaint Nizier at Lyons; the stone branches become more and moretangled. , Occasionally, architects allow the key or boss ot the vault tohang down like a stalactite, and thisprojecting stone seems to havenothing to sustain it; it is a capitalwithout a pillar, a point of supportfor the ascending ribs, as in the Portail des Marmousets at Rouen, the rood-screen of Albi, and that of the Madeleine at Troyes. These refinements reveal an archi-tecture more su
. Art in France. ermediate ribs); purelydecorative ribs accompany them „,,,.,,,. , with their fanciful curves, as in the Cathedral ot Moulins, andSaint Nizier at Lyons; the stone branches become more and moretangled. , Occasionally, architects allow the key or boss ot the vault tohang down like a stalactite, and thisprojecting stone seems to havenothing to sustain it; it is a capitalwithout a pillar, a point of supportfor the ascending ribs, as in the Portail des Marmousets at Rouen, the rood-screen of Albi, and that of the Madeleine at Troyes. These refinements reveal an archi-tecture more subtle than vigorous. The Flamboyant style produced many marvels, chapels, towers, porches, the lantern-tower of Avioth in the Meuse, the porch of S. Maclou at Rouen (Fig. 199), Jean Texiers belfry at Chartres, and at Beauvais, the transept porches built by Martin Chambiges. At Albi, the last of the Gothic architects have laid a porch, light and delicate as a piece of lace or goldsmiths work, against the side 103. FIG. 206. CHOIR-M KLEN OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ALBI. ART IN FRANCE
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