Contents

PAGE
FOREWORD XVi
INTRODUCTION XIX
CHAPTER
I TWILIGHT AND DAWN FROM THE 6TH TO THE IOTH CEN-
TURY I
n THE ROMANESQUE STYLE C. IOOO-C. 1200 15
m THE EARfcY AND CLASSIC GOTHIC STYLE C. II50-C. 1250 31
IV THE LATE GOTHIC STYLE C. I250-C. 1500 56
V RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM C. I420-C. I<500 77
VI THE BAROQUE IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNTRIES
C. I60CHT. 1760 120
VH BRITAIN AND FRANCE FROM THE l6TH TO THE l8TH
CENTURY 147
VIH ROMANTIC MOVEMENT, HISTORICISM AND MODERN MOVE-
MENT FROM 1760 TO THE PRESENT DAY l88
APPENDIX I BIBLIOGRAPHY 217
APPENDIX 2 SOME TECHNICAL TERMS EXPLAINED 223
APPENDIX 3 A COMPARISON BETWEEN THIS AND EARLIER
EDITIONS 227
INDEX 229