lding resembles
Perrault's work at the Louvre very closely. Herrera and his school
were probably too severe in taste to suit the fancy of their
countrymen, for Spanish architecture in the eighteenth century fell a
victim to debased forms and a fantastic and exaggerated style of
ornament. Churriguera was the architect who has the credit of having
introduced this unfortunate third manner, and has lent it his name.
For a time "Churriguerismo" found general acceptance, and the century
closed under its influence.

We must not pass over the excellent and varied Renaissance towers and
steeples of Spain in silence. They are not unlike Wren's spires in
general idea; they are to be met with in many parts of the country
attached to the churches, and their variety and picturesqueness
increase the claim of Spanish architecture to our respect.

* * * * *

The one Renaissance building in Portugal which has been much
illustrated, and is spoken of in high terms, is the Convent at Mafra,
a building of the eighteenth century, of great extent and picturesque
effect. Great skill is shown in dealing with the unwieldy bulk of an
overgrown establishment which does not yield even to the Escurial in
point of extent. We are, however, up to the present time without the
means of forming an opinion upon the nature and value of the
architecture of Portugal as a whole.

[Illustration: {ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PATTERN.}]

[Illustration: {FROM A FRIEZE AT VENICE.}]

INDEX.

_See also CONTENTS at beginning._

Adam, John and Robert, 223.

Alberti, _Architect_, 167.

Amiens Cathedral, 76, 78.

Andernach, Church at, 96.

Anne, Queen, Style of, 225.

Arnstein Abbey, 94.

Baptista, _Architect_, 232.

Batalha, Monastery at, 142, 153.

Beauvais Cathedral, _Interior_, 86.

Belgium and Netherlands, _Gothic_, 87.

---- _Renaissance_, 206.

Bernini, _Architect_, 175, 181, 203.

Blenheim, 221.

Blois, Chateau of, 194.

Blois, Capital from St. Nicholas, 84.

Bourges, House of Jaques Coeur, 15.

Bramante, _Architect_, 168, 174, 180.

Brunelleschi, _Architect_, 120, 166.

Buttresses, 32.

Caen, Saint Pierre at, 37.

Cambridge, King's College, 63.

Campaniles in Italy, 128.

Capitals, Gothic, 43.

Certosa, near Pavia, _frontispiece_, 183.

Chambers, _Architect_, 222.

Chambord, C