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... least as sure as any - afforded by mechanical art is to be found in their architecture . ***** There is no object *** which calls out more effectually the inventive talent of the artist . The painter and the sculptor may display their ...
... least as sure as any - afforded by mechanical art is to be found in their architecture . ***** There is no object *** which calls out more effectually the inventive talent of the artist . The painter and the sculptor may display their ...
Page xiv
... least in the hands of its leading supporters , that narrow insular ex- clusiveness with which it set out , the tendency of those times is not yet altogether worn away . It was a natural re - action at the time when it arose to carry the ...
... least in the hands of its leading supporters , that narrow insular ex- clusiveness with which it set out , the tendency of those times is not yet altogether worn away . It was a natural re - action at the time when it arose to carry the ...
Page xix
... least carry with me the satisfaction of having honestly laboured , to the best of my powers , to pro- mote an end which I believe to be of no slight importance to the highest of all human sciences , that of the human mind . OAKLANDS ...
... least carry with me the satisfaction of having honestly laboured , to the best of my powers , to pro- mote an end which I believe to be of no slight importance to the highest of all human sciences , that of the human mind . OAKLANDS ...
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... least technical knowledge for its general appreciation , and opens the widest field for minute inquiries and philosophical speculation . The art whose name bespeaks it the chief and queen of all , which presses the noblest of other arts ...
... least technical knowledge for its general appreciation , and opens the widest field for minute inquiries and philosophical speculation . The art whose name bespeaks it the chief and queen of all , which presses the noblest of other arts ...
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... least a theoretical builder , though in point of fact he cannot otherwise originate a good design ; still the two characters are in idea entirely separate . Hence then building and architecture are totally distinct ; the former is ...
... least a theoretical builder , though in point of fact he cannot otherwise originate a good design ; still the two characters are in idea entirely separate . Hence then building and architecture are totally distinct ; the former is ...
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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...