kaleido-scope, and to produce a building which the present Europeanpublic will think magnificent, though there may not be, fromfoundation to coping, one ray of invention, or any other intel-lectual merit, in the whole mass of it. But floral decoration, andthe disposition of mouldings, require some… … Fig. XIX. TIIE NATURE OF G01IIIC. 223 tion . and although, as I have just said, the noblest imagina-tion may be shown in the dispositions of traceries, there is farmore room for its play and power when those traceries areassociated with floral or animal ornament; and it is probable,d priori, that,…
Architecture, Gothic · Architecture, Byzantine · Architecture and society · Art
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
