A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 232
old variation on conventional design fully justified in per-spective. Gibbss inferiority to Wren is evident in the interior of thebuilding. The drum of the dome starts from an unbroken en-tablature on modillions, and the arcade under this entablatureis circular in plan, with the result that the… … IVilsojt, Aberdeen, photo. p. 184- RADCLIFFE LIBRARY, OXFORD.(by JAMES GIBBS.) ^- CHAP, x] GIBBS 185 below; and Artaris plaster work is rococo and florid to thelast degree. Gibbs had a great admiration for the fretworkof Artari and Bagutti, which reflects little credit on his taste,whereas he seems…
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