Word: gothic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Growth of the Gothic Spirit...
...last nine hundred years. Without in the least laacking an organic unity or monumental impressiveness, the exterior of this building shows a rich diversity of structural detail, suggesting rather than copying motifs of numerous styles, from Karolingian austerity to Rococo playfulness. And the three main halls--the Romanesque, the Gothic, and the Renaissance halls--into which the interior is divided are conceived in the same large, comprehensive spirit. Each of them is of distinct individuality and brings out the fundamental features of the particular style of architecture which it represents, but only, so to speak, in sublimated, idealized form; while...
...structure is decidedly unusual both in design and in architecture. Through a vestibule, distinctly Modern German in design, one enters a large hall, to be used for the display of Romanesque arts. Beyond this is a small chapel, where the Gothic work will be placed; and in the wing to the left is the hall where the work of the German Renaissance can be displayed against an appropriate background. The intersection of the two wings is surmounted by a massive tower, that dominates the entire group. The rectangle between the two wings is to be developed as a courtyard enclosed...
...Boston Museum, is an altar wing showing four Saints. The Fogg picture is consequently of unusual importance. It is of special interest for any collection of early Italian paintings, since Fra Filippo holds so significant a position in Florentine art, representing as he does the transition from late Gothic to early Renaissance. It belongs evidently to the master's latest period, and is in style closely connected with his frescoes in the Duomo at Spoleto, left unfinished at his death in 1469. I would thus be inclined to date the picture about the middle...
...structure is decidedly unusual in both design and architecture. Through a vestibule, distinctly "Modern German" in type of design, one enters into a large hall, to be given to the display of the Romanesque arts. Beyond this is a small chapel, where the distinctly Gothic work will be placed; and in the wing at the left is the Rennaissance Hall, where work of the German Rennaissance can be displayed against an appropriate background. The intersection of the two unequal wings is marked by a massive tower, that dominates the entire group and is the most striking decorative feature...