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Gothic Architecture

Édouard Corroyer

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Mystery & suspense French Literature History - Medieval/Middle Ages Architecture Art

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EDITOR'S PREFACE ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION

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1. Front matter 2. EDITOR'S PREFACE 3. ILLUSTRATIONS 4. INTRODUCTION 5. CHAPTER I THE INFLUENCE OF THE CUPOLA UPON SO-CALLED GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE 6. CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF THE INTERSECTING VAULT 7. CHAPTER III THE FIRST GROINED VAULTS 8. CHAPTER IV BUILDINGS VAULTED UPON INTERSECTING ARCHES 9. CHAPTER V ORIGIN OF THE FLYING BUTTRESS 10. CHAPTER VI CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES 11. CHAPTER VII THE CATHEDRALS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 12. CHAPTER VIII CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES 13. CHAPTER IX CHURCHES OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES IN FRANCE AND IN THE EAST 14. CHAPTER X TOWERS AND STEEPLES—CHOIRS—CHAPELS 15. CHAPTER XI SCULPTURE 16. CHAPTER XII PAINTING 17. CHAPTER I MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE: ITS ORIGIN 18. CHAPTER II THE ABBEY OF CLUNY—CISTERCIAN ABBEYS 19. CHAPTER III ABBEYS AND CARTHUSIAN MONASTERIES 20. CHAPTER IV FORTIFIED ABBEYS 21. CHAPTER I CIRCUMVALLATION OF TOWNS 22. CHAPTER II CASTLES AND KEEPS, OR DONJONS 23. CHAPTER III GATES AND BRIDGES 24. CHAPTER I BARNS, HOSPITALS, DWELLING-HOUSES, AND "HÔTELS" OR TOWN-HOUSES OF THE NOBILITY 25. CHAPTER II TOWN-HALLS, BELFRIES, PALACES

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