Inside Out Library

An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)

Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 477

An illustration from An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century, 1913, leaf 477
Loul; lines, whether horizontal, vertical or oblique, tend to seem hollow in themiddle. The Greeks knew this, and even arched the steps and other horizontalmembers of the Parthenon, as well as oave a bul^e or entasis to the columns. Soalso some spires ha\e a sHi^ht entasis midway, usuall) only…

Church architecture · Cathedrals

Internet Archive · Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century

More like this