American churches ... A series of authoritative articles on designing, planning, heating, ventilating, lighting and general equipment of churches as demonstrated by the best practice in the United States (1915)
Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Baker, James McFarlan · New York, The American architect · leaf 104
FIG. 5. WELLS CATHE-DRAL optical illusion—the cornice over thecentral window looks lower than thatof the sides. The window under it 86 AMERICAN CHURCHES … AMERICAN CHURCHES is, of course, affected in the sameway. The central east window beingthe most important should be the high-est. The proportions of the apse are FIG. 7. THE DEANERY, WELLS generally made worse by the roof beingstained dark, thus cutting the height intotwo parts—as it were, instead…
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