A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 403
churches can well fail to be im-pressed with their beauty. That beauty will be found, however, toarise not so much from the dimensions or arrangement of their plans,or the form of their outline, as from the grace and elegance of theirdetails. Every feature displays the feeling of an elegant and… … 812. Window in the South Side of the Cathedral Church at Matera. (From a Sketch hy Mr. Gawen.) It is impossible to render this evident in such a work as thepresent; but besides the examples already given, a window (WoodcutNo. 812) from the cathedral church at Matera (1270), will explainhow unlike…
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