A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 544
n tlie second we have a plan whereconvenience is sacrificed for an external eflect.The great hall, .surrounded by room.s, dependsfor light on clerestory windows, and is dispro-portionately high. The rooms are ill plannedand ill i)laced. The exterior, for which suchsacrifices were made, is after all… … Englanu; Beauchamp Chapel, Wakwickshibe; Late Perpbndiculak Vaulting, —the First Step TOWARD Fan Vaulting. 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 importantarchitectural…
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