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of art, though they are certainly curious as historical monuments ; and
the lateral galleries of Sta. Maria in the Capitol are even inferior in
design; their resemblance, however, to the style of Ravenna gives
them some value archæologically. The same remarks apply to the
cloisters at Heisterbach, and even to the more elegant transitional
buildings at Altenberg. Almost all these examples, nevertheless,
possess some elegant capitals and some parts worthy of study ; but
they are badly put together and badly used, so that the pleasing effect
of a cloistered court and conventual buildings is here almost entirely
lost. The cause of this
is hard to explain, when
we see so much beauty
of design in the build-
ings to which they are
generally accompani-
ments.
There are several
clwelling-houses in
Cologne and elsewhere
which show how early
German town-residences
assumed the tall gabled
fronts which they re-
tained to a very late
period through all the
changes which took
place in the details with
which they were carried
out. In the illustra-
tion (Woodcut JSTo. 736)
there is little ornament,
but the forms of the
windows and the general
disposition of the parts
are pleasing, ancl the
general effect produced certainly satisfactory. The size of the lower
windows is remarkable for the age, and the details are pure, and are
executed with a degree of lightness which we are far from considering
as a general characteristic of so early a style.
The windows at the back of the house illustrated in Woodcut
No. 736 are so large, that were it not for the unmistakable character
of those in front, and of some of its details, we might be inclined to
suspect that it belonged to a much more modern age. As shown in
the Woodcut No. 737, the details are as light and elegant as anything
domestic in architecture of the pointed style.
736. Dwelling-house, Cologne. (From Boisserée.)
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of art, though they are certainly curious as historical monuments ; and
the lateral galleries of Sta. Maria in the Capitol are even inferior in
design; their resemblance, however, to the style of Ravenna gives
them some value archæologically. The same remarks apply to the
cloisters at Heisterbach, and even to the more elegant transitional
buildings at Altenberg. Almost all these examples, nevertheless,
possess some elegant capitals and some parts worthy of study ; but
they are badly put together and badly used, so that the pleasing effect
of a cloistered court and conventual buildings is here almost entirely
lost. The cause of this
is hard to explain, when
we see so much beauty
of design in the build-
ings to which they are
generally accompani-
ments.
There are several
clwelling-houses in
Cologne and elsewhere
which show how early
German town-residences
assumed the tall gabled
fronts which they re-
tained to a very late
period through all the
changes which took
place in the details with
which they were carried
out. In the illustra-
tion (Woodcut JSTo. 736)
there is little ornament,
but the forms of the
windows and the general
disposition of the parts
are pleasing, ancl the
general effect produced certainly satisfactory. The size of the lower
windows is remarkable for the age, and the details are pure, and are
executed with a degree of lightness which we are far from considering
as a general characteristic of so early a style.
The windows at the back of the house illustrated in Woodcut
No. 736 are so large, that were it not for the unmistakable character
of those in front, and of some of its details, we might be inclined to
suspect that it belonged to a much more modern age. As shown in
the Woodcut No. 737, the details are as light and elegant as anything
domestic in architecture of the pointed style.
736. Dwelling-house, Cologne. (From Boisserée.)