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 21
ven if these de-signs be individually varied and the repe-tition of one formula be avoided, the factthat the carver is working from a designwhich he did not originate, deprives hiswork of the swing of independent initia-tive and of the impromptu effectivenessof the old work. The conditions which… … Fig. 3. STA. MARIA NOVELLA, FLORENCE. The bays, from entrance to transept, measure as follows •37.60, 38.70, 40.So, 35.35, 27.60, 27.SO. Quoted as an instanceof perspective illusion by Choisy, Histoire de VArchitecture,Vol. II., p. 410. Measures in foot decimals. Brooklyn Institute Museum Survey…
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