Egyptian flat-relief:

see page 189 above

 

avenues of sphinxes and statues:ü

see Chapter 4, page 128

 

the rock- and terrace-temples:

see page 189 above

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colonnades of the early period: * see Endnote<A>

Spengler claims colonnades developed quickly towards a placement which obscured the side or lateral view

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“inner unity of the Northern Renaissance”:

This is a somewhat cryptic statement by Spengler.  Art historians often talk of “the Renaissance” & the “Northern Renaissance”.  The Renaissance proper occurred from the end of the 13th Century & was confined to Italy (especially Florence, Rome & Venice).  Much of the focus was on Greco-Roman Culture and was often secular.  The Northern Renaissance was later than the Renaissance, from the late 15th century & outside Italy.  It is less secular.  Is Spengler drawing a distinction between these 2 art phenomenon?  The statement is found in a paragraph discussing the general unity of the Faustian style, from Romanesque to Rococo.  After making this statement (“the inner unity of the Northern Renaissance is shown in innumerable reconstructions…”) he refers to architectural monuments which were born Romanesque but have Renaissance & Baroque additions; said monuments remain stylistically coherent (owing to the unity).  He classifies the Renaissance as a late Spring phenomenon (14-15th centuries) whereas Baroque is a phenomenon of the Summer Culture.  What he is suggesting (which is concomitant with the rest of the paragraph) is that the Renaissance & Northern Renaissance effectively bridge 2 epochs, both epochs having stylistic unity.  This echoes his earlier assertions about general unity despite the apparent disparate periods,

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Romanesque work in Baroque: * see Endnote<B>

Santiago de Compostela combines Romanesque foundations with Renaissance features & a powerful Baroque façade.  Construction began in 1075 under Alfonso VI of Castile(1040-1109), built on same plan as the monastic brick church of Saint Sernin in Toulouse, the greatest Romanesque edifice in France; built in granite. Construction finished in 1122.  Another such multi-faceted structure is Grenada Cathedral, Grenada, Spain; its Gothic foundations were built 1523-28, but it took another 181 years to finish; it combines Gothic foundations with Renaissance & Baroque structures.

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late Gothic work in Rococo: * see Endnote<C>

Basilica of San Giovanni e Paolo, aka San Zanipolo , Venice , Italy; constructed of brick in the Italian Gothic style, construction began 1333, completed in the 1430s; it is the principal of the Dominican Church of Venice, built to hold large congregations.  It has the status of a minor basilica & after the 15th century, all doges were buried here.  It is Italian Gothic and includes interior Rococo decoration.