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 19
egli- side the arrangements made on the right—thisrather narrow rule—plays a very secondaryrole in the Middle Ages. On this head, as on somany others, the point of view of the Gothicbuilders was that of the Greeks. Asymmetryappears acceptable as soon as an evident reasonjustifies it. If an edifice… … FIG. 1. The Temple Church, London, looking toward the choir. This view shows the widening refinement, by sixplumb lines. All the piers le;m out uniformly, to the same amount, with inclinations in straight lines which startfrom the tops of the pedestals. These are perpendicular. The inclinations are…
Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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