Arch In Christian Art
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The influence which the arch has had in effecting changes in architecture is much greater than is generally supposed. Not only may the deterioration which took place in the Roman be ascribed to it, but even the introduction of Gothic architecture may be said to be owing to it; for the arch gradually encroached upon the leading principle of Classical architecture-namely, that the horizontal lines should be dominant-until that principle was entirely abrogated, and the principle of the Gothic-namely, the dominant vertical line-took its place.
