Page:  of 349
 
The following tables represent them as given by Sharpe
and Gonse, but as regards France there is much less change
of detail, at least in the royal domain, than in England.
In the former country there is immense development in
skilful construction and beauty of design from the middle
of the twelfth to the end of the thirteenth century, de-
pendent on the steady working out to its furthest con-
sequences of the determination to support a stone vault
carried by an elastic series of ribs, not on walls but on
piers and buttresses, maintained in equilibrium by the
opposing action of thrusts and counter-thrusts. But English
Gothic is an architecture of columns and arches and walls,
not of necessity covered with a stone vault, in which beauty
of detail is of more obvious importance than adherence to
a principle of construction. The various styles or periods
therefore furnish a convenient mentoria technica for the
English form of the art, but one which cannot be applied
to the same extent to that of France.

THE SEVEN PERIODS OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
English, according to Sharpe. French, Gonse.
NORMAN, 1050-1145. LES ORIGINES, 1050-1152 (Death
of Suger).
TRANSITION, 1145-1190. GOTHIQUE PRIMAIRE, 1152-1180
(Accession of Philip Augustus).
LANCET or EARLY ENGLISH, LES GRANDES CATHFDRALES,
1190-1245. 180-1226 (Reign of Philip Au
gustus).
GEOMETETRICAL DECORATFD, GOTFHQUE COMPLET, 1226-1270
1245-1315. (Reign of Louis IX).
FLOWING OF CURVILINEAR DE- PREMIER FLAMBOYANT,
CORATFD, 1315-1360. 1270-1339.
PERPENDICULAR or RECTILINEAR, SECOND FLAMBOYANT, 1339-1440
1360-1500. 1 (Almost complete stoppagedur
ing the Hundred Years' War).
TUDOR, after 1500. DECADENCE AND RENAISSANCE,
1440-1520.
Roughly, the last quarter of each century is a time of
transition from one style to the next.

-xxiv-

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com

Publication Information: Book Title: Gothic Architecture in England & France. Contributors: George Herbert West - author. Publisher: G. Bell & Sons. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1911. Page Number: xxiv.
    
This feature allows you to create and manage separate folders for your different research projects. To view markups for a different project, make that project your current project.
This feature allows you to save a link to the publication you are reading or view all the publications you have put on your bookshelf.
This feature allows you to save a link to the page you are reading, which you can later return to from Projects.
This feature allows you to highlight words or phrases on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to save a note you write on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to create a citation to the page you are reading that you can paste into your paper. Highlight a passage to include that passage as a quotation.
This feature allows you to save a reference to a publication you are reading for your bibliography or generate a bibliography you can paste into your paper.
This feature allows you to print the page you are reading, including your notes or highlights (IE users must have "print background colors and image" setting selected.)
This feature allows you to look up words in encyclopedia.
  About Questia Tools
Close Window  
Questia's powerful research tools allow you to highlight, take notes, bookmark and even create instant citations and bibliographies. To use these features and save hours of work, you must create a Questia account.
Need a Questia account?
Sign up for a FREE trial now. Save time, stress and hassle, and get better grades with trusted, online research.

» Click here for our free trial

Already have a Questia account? Login now!
Error
Working...
Printing Preferences
Format for black and white printer: On Off
Print highlights: On Off
Print notes: On Off
Choose one of the options for printing:
Print this page (No Charge)
Print pages to