a fortress, or a palace look like a mausoleum.Nevertheless he was 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 The 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,…
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 · Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 · Architecture -- England History
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