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The style of architecture we now call Gothic was a develop- ment of the folk - mind in the medium of building , it was social , epic , deep . True architecture was not a pro- fessional exercise in style . ' It is nearly four centuries ...
The style of architecture we now call Gothic was a develop- ment of the folk - mind in the medium of building , it was social , epic , deep . True architecture was not a pro- fessional exercise in style . ' It is nearly four centuries ...
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The architect of St Paul's achieved it by means of his profound knowledge of the principles of geometry , which are the foundations of true building art . He expressed surprise that archi- tects took so little interest in geometry .
The architect of St Paul's achieved it by means of his profound knowledge of the principles of geometry , which are the foundations of true building art . He expressed surprise that archi- tects took so little interest in geometry .
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If building should ever again be done in an artistic manner , its artists will build up its traditions as a matter of ... is the production by the process of design of imitative buildings which shall prove as satisfactory as their ...
If building should ever again be done in an artistic manner , its artists will build up its traditions as a matter of ... is the production by the process of design of imitative buildings which shall prove as satisfactory as their ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 257 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1931 |
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