The sea-storiesJ. Wiley and sons, 1890 - Architecture |
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Page 151
... architecture is from which the transition was made , but we ought to know something of the Gothic architecture into which it led . I shall endeavor therefore to give the reader in this chapter an idea , at once broad and definite , of ...
... architecture is from which the transition was made , but we ought to know something of the Gothic architecture into which it led . I shall endeavor therefore to give the reader in this chapter an idea , at once broad and definite , of ...
Page 153
... architecture has external forms , and internal elements . Its elements are certain mental tendencies of the builders , legibly expressed in it ; as fanciful- ness , love of variety , love of richness , and such others . Its external ...
... architecture has external forms , and internal elements . Its elements are certain mental tendencies of the builders , legibly expressed in it ; as fanciful- ness , love of variety , love of richness , and such others . Its external ...
Page 155
... architecture of the North ; but I presume that , whatever the date of its original usage , it was intended to imply reproach , and express the bar- baric character of the nations among whom that architecture arose . It never implied ...
... architecture of the North ; but I presume that , whatever the date of its original usage , it was intended to imply reproach , and express the bar- baric character of the nations among whom that architecture arose . It never implied ...
Page 158
... architecture of the North , or to admit as a desirable char- acter in that which it yet may be , this wildness of thought , and roughness of work ; this look of mountain brotherhood between the cathedral and the Alp ; this magnificence ...
... architecture of the North , or to admit as a desirable char- acter in that which it yet may be , this wildness of thought , and roughness of work ; this look of mountain brotherhood between the cathedral and the Alp ; this magnificence ...
Page 160
... architecture , that they thus receive the results of the labor of inferior minds ; and out of fragments full of imperfection , and betraying that imper- fection in every touch , indulgently raise up a stately and unac- cusable whole ...
... architecture , that they thus receive the results of the labor of inferior minds ; and out of fragments full of imperfection , and betraying that imper- fection in every touch , indulgently raise up a stately and unac- cusable whole ...
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