Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 274
one and the same original dome, in the plan or base of which the rectilinear figure is inscribed — was not long adhered to. It was soon felt that the disc enclosed by the circular moulding looked flat and ineffective ; and the idea early suggested itself of con- verting the circular moulding into a… … Fig. 414. versed; for in no portion of its circumference has it now a solid support, but all floats upon vacuity, suggesting the poetical similitude to Pro- copius that the Dome of St. Sophia appeared as if suspended by a chain from heaven. Pendentive domes, in neither of their typical forms, seem…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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