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WANTED.- 1 or more second-hand copies of Moore's "Gothic Architecture." Address, "A," Crimson office...
...architecture which originated in Italy with the Lombards, said Mr. Cummings, and spread during the Dark Ages, and afterwards, over Europe, is neither the Asiatic, Byzantine, nor Roman; but combines features of them all. It is a style which lies between the Roman and the Gothic. Until 1820 it was variously termed; but that year a French architect named it Romanesque...
Professor Moore gave the sixth and last lecture on the Fine Arts of the Middle Ages in the Fogg Museum last evening, showing views illustrating Decadent Gothic Art in Germany in the Rhenish cathedrals at Cologne and Strasburg; and Gothic influences in Italy evident in Cistertian churches at Florence and Siena. The ornate character of the decorative sculpture was clearly brought out in several views of the portals and wall panels of these buildings; and one or two designs of the famous Giotto were shown...
Professor Moore gave his fifth lecture on the Fine Arts of the Middle Ages in the Fogg Museum last evening, showing views illustrating the Decadent Gothic style of architecture in France, and the Perpendicular style in England. Most of the views were from English churches, such as the cathedrals of Durham, Lincoln, Salisbury, Wells, Ely, Peterborough, Southwell, and the abbeys of Whitby and Westminster...
Professor Moore gave the fourth of his series of exhibitions of lantern-slides in the Fogg Museum last evening. Several views of the cathedrals at Chatres, Amiens, and Rheims were shown and their peculiarities described. One damaging alteration in the Gothic architecture during the 14th century, said Processor Moore, was the introduction of private chapels into the cathedrals. The original outer walls with their rich stained-glass windows were destroyed and other walls erected which included the buttresses within the building...