Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical and descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1914)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford, ltd.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 101
ymmetry of parts, of largefeatures rather than of small. We shall find this quality inalmost every kind of plan, and an extremely valuable qualityit is if not carried to excess. The symmetry of the Elizabethanswas generally under control. It was sometimes wasteful, andits results were occasionally… … 6 4-t O O o C/2 W O X 00 n n KIRBY HALL 67 attempt at a symmetrical treatment, only a certain hankeringafter it. With Kirby Hall (1570-75) we get a more resoluteeffort in this direction (Fig. 59). The entrance gateway andthe screens are on an axial line running through the house andits green court.…
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