Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 85
curves ofdecorated tracery. These verticallines gradually increased in numberand assertiveness, until they becamethe obvious characteristic of an age.Other features are the nearly uni-versal use of square hood-mouldingsover doorways, the four-centredarch, the fining down of mouldingsuntil they… … The Perpendicular style is essentiallyEnglish. It embodies a complete break-ing away from continental traditions andanswers to predilections which havebeen characteristic of English art eversince it began to have a character of itsown at all. Perpendicular does notproduce its effect by confessing,…
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