Contrasts : or a parallel between the noble edifices of the middle ages, and corresponding buildings of the present day; shewing the present decay of taste. Accompanied by appropriate text (1898)
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852 · Edinburgh : J. Grant · leaf 27
, allevince the total absenceof true Catholic ideas ofart. In the third (see margin),the eflect of the destructiveor Protestant principles isdepicted. The original ima-gery and tabernacle workof the altar screen havebeen mutilated and de-faced : the altar itself,—which had served for agesin the… … ON THE REVIVED PAGAN PRINCIPLE. 15 purposes of baptism, in lieu of the ancient font, which probably hasbeen removed to serve for some menial purpose. The royal arms,occupying the wonted place of the Redeemer, mark the temporaldegradation of the suffering Church, ground down by the civil power.In…
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