The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 398
0) o J CJ TUDOR ARCHITECTURE. 375 period of Gothic art, when a dangerous perfectionof craftsmanship had tempted the most conservativeinto exuberance and over-elaboration; yet even apurist can scarce weary of its gorgeous versatility. … Fig. 157.—Carved Roof of Wolseys Hall, Hampton Court. For though one portion is somewhat crowded withconventional carving, it is merely a concession to thefashion of the day, and, while so doing, the archi-tect has chastened the whole to the very last de- 376 THE GOTHIC STYLE. gree of…
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