Prior, Edward S. (Edward Schröder), 1852-1932 · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 106
d been conceived, and the rib had replaced the arris—then straightway the oppression of the rounded form was distasteful.Solemn and monumental as may appear to us the aisles of Durham orPeterborough, to the eye of the twelfth century artist their vaultingseemed clumsily blunt, and it was by… … 88 GOTHIC ART has been exhaustively treated by acknowledged authorities. Far toomuch, however, would seem to have been made of the geometricalconveniences of the pointed form, in providing a covering for oblongspaces. On this head, in England at least, there had been no difficultyin using the round…
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