Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 295
CTUEE. bringiiig tlie supportée! wall to a sharp angle over tlie centre of tliepier, Avhicli tluis becanie entirely inclependent of tlie arches and rosefroni the base to tlie roof bv successive level courses of masonrv. Itmay be said, this is not arcliitectui-e, but construction. I reply thatwe… … practical requirements, and at the same time to please the eye by awell-poised arrangement of materials eut and laid exactly accordingto the necessary forms and dimensions. When ■western genius yield-ed to this principle, it began to exhibit its true tendencies and itspeculiar qualities ; for then…
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