A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . ghting of sculp-ture galleries in Europeis that of the NationalMuseum at Naples, whei-ethe light comes throughthe lunettes under the vaulting ; Ijut as it comes from one side only,the system is not perfect. The halls of thetcntral Museum at Athens are much simpler,and these are lighted by windows arranged ashigh as practicable above the floor and nearthe ceiling. The Glyptothek at Munich islighted maiidy from the side walls near their top,but with various different dispositions accordingto the varying archi
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A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . ghting of sculp-ture galleries in Europeis that of the NationalMuseum at Naples, whei-ethe light comes throughthe lunettes under the vaulting ; Ijut as it comes from one side only, the system is not perfect. The halls of thetcntral Museum at Athens are much simpler, and these are lighted by windows arranged ashigh as practicable above the floor and nearthe ceiling. The Glyptothek at Munich islighted maiidy from the side walls near their top, but with various different dispositions accordingto the varying architecture of the rooms of thiselaborate biulding. In this sense the term is used loosely for the171 GALLERY buililings in whicii such galleries are included :see the sub-titles. D. A narrow passage connected in someintimate way with the architectural design ofthe building. The triforium gallery of a largeGothic church is an instance ; the exterior gal-leries of many Gothic churches belong to thesame class. They are sometimes, as at Stras-burg, mere balconies, very narrow and protected. Gallery : that at the Triforium level, below ; that of the Clear-story Windows, above. Cathedral of Coutances ; Bay of EastSide of North Transept. by lofty ornamental jiarapets. In other casesthey are arranged like triforium galleries, butnarrow in proportion to their height andsplendour. E. An arcade or colonnade or other architec-tural feature, long and high but not wide ordeep. This is an extension of definition D, and the structure is jiractically a passagewaywhich has been obstructed by statues or thelike ; in other words, a ]»ssible jiassageway notused for that purpose but made a decorative172 GALLETING feature. Of this nature is tlic Royal Gallery, or Galerie des liois, at tiie cathetlral of Amiens, or that of Paris, or that of Reims. The use ofthe term iu Tennysons Palace of Art, Roundthe roofs a gilded gallery that lent broad vergeto distant lands, is inaccurate liecause nil thatthe ilescrip