Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 85
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,… … own inner con-stitution, andshowing howwell that isadapted to thework in hand,as does the bestFrench work ofthe thirteenthcentury. It aimsat a rich andpicturesque ex-terior, which shall overlie the inner struct-ure and withdraw it from our knowledge.The form of continental art to which itmay most…
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