Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 413
of proper rela-tion of scale between itsdecorative elements andthe vast proportions ofthe edifice, which belittleits component elements.It cannot, on the whole,be claimed as a successfulvindication of the claims ofthe promoters of the styleas to the adaptability ofGothic forms to structuresplanned… … FIG. 216.—ASSIZE COURTS, MANCHESTER.DETAIL. RECENT ARCHITECTURE IX EUROPE. 381 all conspicuous illustrations of the same truth. They areconscientious, carefully studied designs in good taste, andyet wholly unsuited in style to their purpose. They arelike labored and schol-arly verse in a…
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