Geschichte der bildenden Künste
Geschichte der bildenden Künste is a German art-history survey by Karl Schnaase, published in Düsseldorf by J. Buddeus in 1843 for scholars and students of architecture and the fine arts. Its plates are measured architectural drawings of Gothic and Romanesque church interiors: elevations showing bays, arcades, triforium galleries, and rib vaults, plus a ground plan and a sectional view. A designer could take from them the rhythm of repeated arches, the stacked tiers of a nave wall, and the geometric clarity of line-only technical drawing.
