fore, but the advances in architecture in as little as five to ten years made it possible. The advances of architecture had gained with leaps and bounds. (King)
France was one of the next to begin the new concepts of architecture. The church of St Ouen, in Rouen, for example, testifies to the continuing pride of the Norman capital. The style flamboyant was their favorite style of that time period. This style gets the name form the flame like forms that cover their buildings. Applied to the head of an opening, the reverse-curve results in the ogee arch. The pierced gable over the central portal and the tracery of the west window of the Church of Trinité at VendÔme shows just how irresistible an impression of upward movement these dynamic forms can create. The Renaissance period,
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