Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 184
re such strength is disproportionate to that employed in otherportions of the building. But the general effect is excellent, and the cov-ered approaches or cloisters are quite in the spirit of true architecture.Color enters judiciously into the selection of the stone used to aid the gen-eral… … THE ASTONISHED ABBE. j_E. A. ABBEY.] PEESENT TENDENCIES OF AMERICAN AET. 183 and majesty has not been surpassed on this side of the Atlantic. Thechurch edifice to which it is attached, although sufficiently ornate—per-haps too much so—is lacking in that repose of outline or just proportionsthat are…
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