Download or read book The Western Architect: An Architectural Monthly; Index, Volumes 11 and 12, 1908; January-July, August-December (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Western Architect: An Architectural Monthly; Index, Volumes 11 and 12, 1908; January-July, August-December The epoch when ecclesiastical architecture reached its height and when the culminative period of secular archi tecture began, may be assumed to have been during the reign of Charles VIII, or about the time of the discovery of America by Columbus. Charles VIII was in him self a negative king who did not impress France with his personality, but he ruled at the time when many impor tant events were transpiring and came between two rulers of commanding power who, while totally unlike each other in character, in themselves epitomized the particular periods during which they reigned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.