s less clearlymarked. At Oxford, the dissolution of the monastic orders, andthe promulgation of the reformed religion, found many greatGothic designs actually in progress ; and gave an impetus toothers. Wolseys college was not complete at his death in 1530 ;but one architect after another carried… … The Decay of GotJiic 31 improved the buildings bequeathed to it by the Austin Friars ;but the typical example is Brasenose, where the pointed andround-headed arches appear side by side ; and most picturesqueeffects are produced, in a kind of transitional style which certainlydoes not deserve the…
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 · Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 · Architecture -- England History
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