History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 192
tive features. The Gothic style is said to have been suggested invarious ways. From the lofty groves of heathenworship. The perfect form of the Gothic arch ap-pears in avenues of trees, particularly the elm ;* fromhuts made with the entwined twigs of trees; from the * In Temple Street, New Haven,… … Structure of frame-work in woodenbuildings ; fromthe Pyramids ofEgypt; from theform of the keel ofan ancient boat re-versed ; from theintersection of se-micircular arches.(Fig. 24.) Thesesuppositions are, all but the last, fanciful and unsatis-factory. All countries in adopting a neighbouring…
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