A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 421
re delicate exuberance ofFrench examples. These remarks apply with almost equal force to figure-sculptureas a mode of decoration. Neither in Germany nor in this country isanything to be found at all comparable with the great sculpturalPibles of Rheims, Chartres, Bourges, and other great cathedrals… … 853. Staircase at Canterbury Cathedral. and the facade of Croyland Abbey, are quite equal in merit to any-thing of the same period on the Continent; and, had there beenthe same demand, we might have done as well or better than anyother nation. Whether it arose from a latent feeling of respectfor…
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