Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 412
rproper use or significance. This unintelligent misapplica-tion of Gothic forms was, however, confined to the earlierstages of the movement. With increasing light and expe- RECENT ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE. 79 rience came a more correct and consistent use of the med-iaeval styles, dominated by the… … FIG. 215. —HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, WESTMINSTER, LONDON. ments of the United Kingdom, was fatal to any free andoriginal development of the style along new lines. But itrescued church architecture from the utter meanness anddebasement into which it had fallen, and established astandard of taste which…
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