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... existence in the Continu- ous - foliation - shafts - panelling - window - tracery- objections brought against the Continuous - really lie against late Decorated as well as against Perpendicular - horizontal line - principle of contrast ...
... existence in the Continu- ous - foliation - shafts - panelling - window - tracery- objections brought against the Continuous - really lie against late Decorated as well as against Perpendicular - horizontal line - principle of contrast ...
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... existence depends upon this principle ; on this ground alone must architecture rest its claim to the place it holds among the noblest arts . Painting and sculpture owe their ori- gin to the higher cravings of man's nature ; their bare ...
... existence depends upon this principle ; on this ground alone must architecture rest its claim to the place it holds among the noblest arts . Painting and sculpture owe their ori- gin to the higher cravings of man's nature ; their bare ...
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... existence . And surely it is a wonderful application of the principle above alluded to , that from such an origin should arise the very first of arts , that which has produced the most thrilling and awful works of human genius ; which ...
... existence . And surely it is a wonderful application of the principle above alluded to , that from such an origin should arise the very first of arts , that which has produced the most thrilling and awful works of human genius ; which ...
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... existence , - its youth , its manhood , and its age , but the circumstances of nations at different periods are almost infinitely varied ; habits , may constitutions , religions , rise and fall ; themselves the 12 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
... existence , - its youth , its manhood , and its age , but the circumstances of nations at different periods are almost infinitely varied ; habits , may constitutions , religions , rise and fall ; themselves the 12 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
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... existence is more prominently brought before the mind of an unscientific person of ordinary observation . The public eye is necessarily far more conversant with works of architecture than with either of the others , so that men cannot ...
... existence is more prominently brought before the mind of an unscientific person of ordinary observation . The public eye is necessarily far more conversant with works of architecture than with either of the others , so that men cannot ...
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abacus aisles ancient appears apse Arabian arcades archi architects architrave basilicas beauty buildings Byzantine Byzantine architecture capital Cathedral century chancel character choir Christian churches classical clerestory columns construction Corinthian cupola decoration distinct dome doorway Doric Doric order Early Gothic Egypt Egyptian England enriched entablature erected examples excavations exhibit existence feature flat foliage gables genuine German Gothic architecture Gothic art Grecian Grecian architecture Greece Greek heathen height idea imitation Italian Italy jambs latter less Lombard magnificent massive monuments mouldings nations nave Norman occur octagonal origin ornament outline Oxford Cathedral Pelasgian perfect period Perpendicular pier pier-arches pilasters pillars pointed arch portico Price principle proportion pure remains remarkable Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof round arch rude Saracens Saxon sculpture seems shafts sometimes spire splendour square stone structures style tecture temple tion tower tracery Transition triforium ture usually vaulting vertical wall whole
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Page 316 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone.
Page 315 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alleyed walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, EXposed t'o the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...