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FRENCH ARCIilTECTURE.
Book III.
In Burgnndy botli the style ancl its history differed considerahly
from this. From some cause which has not yet heen explained, this
country hecame early the favourite resort of hermits and of holy men,
who founded here tlie great monastic estahlishments that spread their
influence not only over France, hut over the wliole of Europe, influ-
encing to an immense extent ali the relations of European society in the
middle ages. The culminating epoch of the architecture of Kormandy
and Burgundy was the 11th century. In the 12th, the monarchial
sway of the central province was heginning to he felt in them. In
the 13th it superseded the local character of hoth, and gradually fused
them with the whole of France into one great and singularly uniform
monarchy.
Latin Style.1
Before proceeding to descrihe the local forms of 'architecture in
these provinces it. is necessary to say a few words regarding a class of
.huildings which have not hitherto
heen mentioned, hut wliich must
not he passed over. These can-
not he included in any other
style, and are so nearly devoid of
architectural features, properly
so called, that they might have
heen omitted hut for one con-
sideration. They hear so re-
markahle a resemhlance to the
earliest Christian churches of
Eome on the one liand, and to the
true Gothic on the other, that we
cannot douht their heing the
channel through which the latter
was derived from the former.
They are the oldest churches in
Northern France, whicli confinns
the ahove view.
The character of this style
will he understood from the plan
and internal and external view
of its typical example, the Basse
QEuvre at Beauvais (woodcuts
Nos. 517 and 518). It will ho
seen that this huilding consists
of a nave and side aisles, sepa-
rated from each other hy a range
of plain arches resting on piers
without either hases or capitals; on one side tlie angles are eut off,
so as to give a slightly ornamental character; on the other they are
517. Plan and Sectiun of Basse (Euvre, Beauvais.
From Woillez, Monumens Religieux de Beauvais.
“ Style Latin ” is the name generally adopted for tliis style by the French nrchitects.
FRENCH ARCIilTECTURE.
Book III.
In Burgnndy botli the style ancl its history differed considerahly
from this. From some cause which has not yet heen explained, this
country hecame early the favourite resort of hermits and of holy men,
who founded here tlie great monastic estahlishments that spread their
influence not only over France, hut over the wliole of Europe, influ-
encing to an immense extent ali the relations of European society in the
middle ages. The culminating epoch of the architecture of Kormandy
and Burgundy was the 11th century. In the 12th, the monarchial
sway of the central province was heginning to he felt in them. In
the 13th it superseded the local character of hoth, and gradually fused
them with the whole of France into one great and singularly uniform
monarchy.
Latin Style.1
Before proceeding to descrihe the local forms of 'architecture in
these provinces it. is necessary to say a few words regarding a class of
.huildings which have not hitherto
heen mentioned, hut wliich must
not he passed over. These can-
not he included in any other
style, and are so nearly devoid of
architectural features, properly
so called, that they might have
heen omitted hut for one con-
sideration. They hear so re-
markahle a resemhlance to the
earliest Christian churches of
Eome on the one liand, and to the
true Gothic on the other, that we
cannot douht their heing the
channel through which the latter
was derived from the former.
They are the oldest churches in
Northern France, whicli confinns
the ahove view.
The character of this style
will he understood from the plan
and internal and external view
of its typical example, the Basse
QEuvre at Beauvais (woodcuts
Nos. 517 and 518). It will ho
seen that this huilding consists
of a nave and side aisles, sepa-
rated from each other hy a range
of plain arches resting on piers
without either hases or capitals; on one side tlie angles are eut off,
so as to give a slightly ornamental character; on the other they are
517. Plan and Sectiun of Basse (Euvre, Beauvais.
From Woillez, Monumens Religieux de Beauvais.
“ Style Latin ” is the name generally adopted for tliis style by the French nrchitects.