A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 539
n. In the second we have a plan whereconvenience is sacrificed for an external effect.The great hall, surrounded by rooms, dependsfor light on clerestory windows, and is dispro-portionately high. The rooms are ill plannedand ill placed. The exterior, for whicii suchsacrifices were made, is after… … England: Bealchamp Chapel, Wakwickshike ; Late IKKrENDUui.Aii \ aultinq, TOWARn F.VN Vaulting. THK First Stki- to it. One can readily see how the men of theeighteenth century overemphasized their newlyacquired and much-vaunted learning. Theseremarks apply exclusively to the more…
Architecture
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
