Inigo Jones and Wren; or, The rise and decline of modern architecture in England (1893)
Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839-1911 · New York, Macmillan and co. · leaf 236
e a fortress, or a palace look like a mausoleum.Nevertheless hewas in vogue, partly, no doubt, as a kind of reactionagainst the strictness of the Palladian rule. He talked cleverly.He wrote plays. He posed as a wit and a man of fashion ; but sofar as my limited powers of observation go, his genius,… … 2 F TJie Successors of IVreii 219 is severely critical of Wren, has nothing but praise for Vanbrugh.He says of him (p. 283), He never faltered in his career ; andfrom first to last—at Blenheim and Castle Howard, as at SeatonDelaval and Grimsthorpe—there is one principle runs throughall his designs,…
