Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 44
a tendency to the box-like ingeneral construction, and by the useof Romano-British forms, or actualdebris from Romano-British structures, in the ornamental parts.During the later period a tendency to more elegance can be perceived. 1 It appears pretty certain that this Greenstead church is… … FIG. 25.—GREENSTEAD CHURCH, ESSEX. ART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND The solids and the voids have a better relation to each other, and theproportions of height to width are more agreeable. On the otherhand, the earlier buildings often show aRoman respect for solidity in the dangerousparts, which is…
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