Rudimentary architecture: for the use of beginners. The history and description of the styles of architecture of various countries, from the earliest to the present period .. (1874)
Bury, Thomas Talbot, 1811-1877 · London, J. Weale · leaf 170
om thewant of connection which is caused by the arcades interruptingthe entablatures. Sir Christopher Wren appears to have sur-passed all those who preceded him in the skill requiredfor raising a building on the minimum of foundation. Somecriterion may be drawn of the comparative skill employedin… … Western view of St. Pauls, from Ludgate Steeple, IGO RUDIMKNTARY ARCHTTKCTURR. and pillars which serve tosupport the superiiicumhentmass. To produce the great-est effect by the smallestmeans is one of the firstqualifications of an architect,and the similarity of fourchurches aftbrds a criterionof…
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