Gothic Architecture

CONTENTS

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Introduction		1
	PART I
	RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE
CHAP.
1.	The Influence of the Cupola upon so-called Gothic Architecture	11
2.	The Origin of the Intersecting Arch	16
3.	The First Vaults on Intersecting Arches	24
4.	Buildings Vaulted on Intersecting Arches	32
5.	The Origin of the Flying Buttress	41
6.	Churches and Cathedrals of the Twelfth and Fourteenth Centuries	51
7.	Cathedrals of the Thirteenth Century	67
8.	Cathedrals and Churches from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century	85
9.	Churches of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries in France and in the East	105
10.	Towers and Belfries—Choirs—Chapels	128
11.	Sculpture	153
12.	Painting	179
	PART II
	MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE
1.	Origin	205
2.	Abbeys of Cluny, Citeaux, and Clairvaux	215
3.	Abbeys and Chartreuses or Carthusian Monasteries	227
4.	Fortified Abbeys	247
	PART III
	MILITARY ARCHITECTURE
1.	Ramparts of Towns	269
2.	Castles and Keeps	291
3.	Gates and Bridges	309
	PART IV
	CIVIL ARCHITECTURE
1.	Barns, Hospitals, Houses, and "HÔtels" or Townhouses of the Nobility	333
2.	Town-halls, Belfries, and Palaces	360

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