How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 160
e who werecompelled to check thelaws of nature by actualpractice. Through this s.lowprocess of evolution, dur-ing which little considera-tion was given the en-gineering side of architec-ture, the weakness of theround arch became ap-parent. The desirabilityof the steeper sides of the pointed arch… … FIG. 54—TENEMENT IN MORLAIX, FRANCE. BUILT ON THE RUINS OF NORMAN WORK HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE this connection there is a point which I want especiallyto make. Antiquarians are overfond of inventing theories or pre-serving legends concerning the origin of such basic thingsas the pointed arch. It…
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