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 (1841)
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852 · London : C. Dolman · leaf 36
ideas of art. In the third (see margin),the effect of the destructiveor Protestant principles isdepicted. The original ima-gery and tabernacle work ofthe altar screen have beenmutilated and defaced : thealtar itself,—which had serv-ed for ages in the most holymysteries, and was coveredwith costly… … 4 i ON THE REVIVED PAGAN PRINCIPLE. 15 purposes of baptism, in lieu of the ancient font, which probably has beenremoved to serve for some menial purpose. The royal arms, occupyingtheVonted place of the Redeemer, mark the temporal degradation of thesuffering Church, ground down by the civil power.…
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