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... buildings was Chartres cathedral ( present church mainly built after 1194 ) . There , the architect abandoned entirely the use of the tribune gal- lery , but , instead of increasing the size of the arcade , he managed , by a highly ...
... buildings was Chartres cathedral ( present church mainly built after 1194 ) . There , the architect abandoned entirely the use of the tribune gal- lery , but , instead of increasing the size of the arcade , he managed , by a highly ...
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... buildings . The most extravagant and sensation- al of all Gothic Revival buildings was Fonthill Abbey ( 1796-1806 ) , Wiltshire , designed by James Wyatt pri- marily as a landscape feature for the arch - Romantic Wil- liam Beckford ...
... buildings . The most extravagant and sensation- al of all Gothic Revival buildings was Fonthill Abbey ( 1796-1806 ) , Wiltshire , designed by James Wyatt pri- marily as a landscape feature for the arch - Romantic Wil- liam Beckford ...
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... building ( 1926 ) . Paradoxically , one archaeological find led to simpler buildings when , about 1930 , Mayan pyr- amids inspired Timothy Pflueger in his work on the 450 Sutter building in San Francisco . Clifflike blocks arose in ...
... building ( 1926 ) . Paradoxically , one archaeological find led to simpler buildings when , about 1930 , Mayan pyr- amids inspired Timothy Pflueger in his work on the 450 Sutter building in San Francisco . Clifflike blocks arose in ...
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