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A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 306

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The designer was now capable of morethan mere haphazard phrases borrowed from another language,he thought in terms of neo-classical architecture; after longyears of experiment he had worked out a coherent and flexiblestyle for the expression of his ideas. For various reasons, suchas the scarcity of… … sparrows house, IlSWICH. importance were constructed of timber after the end of theseventeenth century. The carpenter-architect, who designed 246 THE TRADES [chap, xiii and executed his own work, had ceased to exist; architects haddetached themselves from craftsmanship; and the result wasthat,…

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