 | 1873 - 612 pages
...the Continent, there exists a feature more beautiful. Alan of Walsingham alone, in his judgment, ' seems to have conceived the idea of abolishing what...dignity internally to the central feature of the design. By the arrangement which he adopted a central area was obtained more than three times the extent of... | |
 | James Fergusson - 1855 - 546 pages
...architects of Northern Europe, seems to have conceived the idea of getting rid of what in fact was the bathos of the style — the narrow tall opening...exaggerated height, gave neither space nor dignity to the principal T0o. Ground Plan, Ely Cathedral. Scale 100 ft to 1 ln. feature. Accordingly CHAP.... | |
 | Richard John King - Cathedrals - 1862 - 522 pages
...architects of Northern Europe, seems to have conceived the idea of getting rid of what in fact was the bathos of the style — the narrow tall opening...exaggerated height, gave neither space nor dignity to the principal feature. Accordingly, he took for his base the whole breadth of the church, north... | |
 | English literature - 1873 - 610 pages
...seems to have conceived ' the idea of abolishing what was in fact the bathos of the style — tie ' narrow tall opening of the central tower which, though...internally to the ' central feature of the design. By the arrangement which he adopted ' a central area was obtained more than three times the extent... | |
 | James Fergusson - Architecture - 1874 - 646 pages
...two bays farther forward. It would have been well if the l9th-century restorers had taken the hint. manner that rendered it exceptionally pre-eminent...tower frequently contracted still more the one spot where,according to architectural propriety, an extended area was of vital importance to the duo harmony... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - Religion - 1878 - 578 pages
...have conceived the idea of getting rid of what in fact was the bathos of the style, the tall, narrow opening of the central tower, which, though possessing...exaggerated height, gave neither space nor dignity to the principal feature./ * The critic has himself somewhat 'exaggerated' the defect if it be one... | |
 | Our own country - 1878 - 714 pages
...future danger, and " of all the architects of Northern Europe conceived the idea of getting rid of what was, in fact, the bathos of the style, the narrow,...exaggerated height, gave neither space nor dignity to the principal feature. Accordingly he took for his base the whole breadth of the church, north and... | |
 | William Audsley - Architecture - 1881 - 312 pages
...architects of Northern Europe, seems to have conceived the idea of getting rid of what in fact was the bathos of the style — the narrow, tall opening...exaggerated height, gave neither space nor dignity to the principal feature. Accordingly he took for his base the whole breadth of the church, north In... | |
 | William Edward Dickson - Cathedrals - 1897 - 76 pages
...Walsingham, alone of all the architects of Europe, conceived the idea of getting rid of the tall, narrow opening of the central tower, which, though possessing...exaggerated height, gave neither space nor dignity to the principal feature. Accordingly, he took for his base the whole width of the church, north and... | |
 | William Charles Edmund Newbolt - Cathedrals - 1899 - 366 pages
...Walsingham, alone of all the architects of Europe, conceived the idea of getting rid of the tall, narrow opening of the central tower, which, though possessing...exaggerated height, gave neither space nor dignity to the principal feature. Accordingly, he took for his base the whole width of the church, north and... | |
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of all the architects of Northern Europe, seems to have conceived the idea of getting rid of what was in fact the bathos of the style — the narrow tall opening of the central tower, which though possessing exaggerated height gave neither space nor dignity... 
