Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 266
ing the reignsof Elizabeth and James I. It is worth notice that the picturesque element, inheiitedfrom the Gothic architecture of the middle ages, whichbefore the eighteenth century had completely vanishedfrom our public buildings, and the mansions of the wealthydid not entirely die out of works… … Fig. 83.—Houses at Chestkr. (IUih Ceniury.) sometimes a very full colouring, of the picturesque and theirregular ; the gables are sharp, upper storeys overhang, andG A Q 226 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE. the treatment of the timbers is thoroughly Gothic (Fig. 82);so are the mouldings, transomes and…
Architecture, Gothic · Architecture, Renaissance
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