ARCHITECTURE

prevailed in |‘‘ F F the Middie Ages until the revival of the | wor _ Gla ic styles of Greece and Rome in the | and 6th century. The builders of the/| tioz | Renai ance (as this revival was called), | Nat _ fizst adopted the term Gothic to expre | ton. a? | Regent for what, to them, was a C ‘ style. Careful study of the} Par ve ecole ot Gothic architecture has long | mu: re en con an by admiration, and | fro: _ @uring the 19th century many fine build- | his ne pepeiely churches, were bulit in| pow is aty Many of tho finest mediwval | ade _ hurches in Burope are Gothic, the most | pla: distinguishing features cere | the pointed | inc i < arches of the doors and windows, and the | and | foining of the roofs. Clustered pill am,| G { pinnacles and towers all add to the | one ‘. eect of Gothic churches. In} con ‘ this style began to supersede th | Say _ Norman style, with its rounded arches | can in the middle of the 12th century, and | sub _ ‘Feached its highest development in the |* 5 it ‘33th, during which century many of our/| (an _‘Roblest cathedrals and churches were bulit. | 138 __, [s. 160]