A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 60
the slightest ornamenta-tion ; they adhered to the local tradition of building as handeddown from father to son ; their buildings entirely answer thepurpose for which they were built, and hence they possess aquiet reasonable beauty, due to the well-considered use ofmaterials and the absence of any… … CHAP. Ill] THE ENGLISH BUILDERS 41 lective body of experienced craftsmen endowed with the accu-mulated results of years of labour along familiar paths. As aresult, we find in them the happy unconsciousness, the excellentfitness of buildings which have grown to their purpose, insteadof the forced…
Architecture, Renaissance · Architecture
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