Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 66
eleton wasmade the most of and developed to itslogical conclusion, which often led tosublimity, but sometimes to ugliness andeven absurdity. In England, the archi-tect was over-ready to hide structurewith an irrelevant skin, leading some-times to beauty with character, sometimesto beauty without… … FIG. 74.—CHRIST CHURCH SPIRE,OXFORD. ART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND It has not only been asserted that the architect was a Frenchman,but one French writer declares that he reproduced the design of achurch commenced at Blois in1138! Such a statement refutesitself ; and, moreover, it has nowbeen…
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