The Royal Academy and its members 1768-1830 (1905)
Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831-1895, Eaton, Frederick Alexis · London : John Murray · leaf 80
f the proportions and methods of construction used bythe great Italian architects of the Renaissance, and borrowedby them from Vitruvius and the Romans. It is a work of greatresearch, and is animated by an enthusiasm for the subjectwhich has a tendency to become contagious. Somerset House, where… … FRANCIS MILNER NEWTON 49 would be as unfair to blame Chambers for the monotony of itswall spaces and the wearisome repetitions of rustication, whichoffend our eyes, as it would be for future generations to blamethe architects of the past for the redundance of detail and theexuberance of terra-cotta…
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) · Artists
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
