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... wholly unknown . Considerable progress had been made in 1811 when Agincourt pub- lished his celebrated work ; but even then Gothic art was looked upon as a mere barbarous décadence from purer styles , and the revival of classic art was ...
... wholly unknown . Considerable progress had been made in 1811 when Agincourt pub- lished his celebrated work ; but even then Gothic art was looked upon as a mere barbarous décadence from purer styles , and the revival of classic art was ...
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... wholly different systems of architecture have prevailed at different periods in the world's history . The first is that which prevailed in Egypt , in Greece , and in all Europe , during the middle ages , and generally in all countries ...
... wholly different systems of architecture have prevailed at different periods in the world's history . The first is that which prevailed in Egypt , in Greece , and in all Europe , during the middle ages , and generally in all countries ...
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... wholly without ornament , yet it is almost as imposing an architectural object as any of the same dimensions in any part of the world . It is , however , when ornament is added to this , and that orna- ment is elegant in itself , and ...
... wholly without ornament , yet it is almost as imposing an architectural object as any of the same dimensions in any part of the world . It is , however , when ornament is added to this , and that orna- ment is elegant in itself , and ...
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... wholly for their effect on their dimen- sions . The Romans understood to perfection the value of this element , and used it in its most unsophisticated simplicity to obtain the effect they desired . In the middle ages the architects not ...
... wholly for their effect on their dimen- sions . The Romans understood to perfection the value of this element , and used it in its most unsophisticated simplicity to obtain the effect they desired . In the middle ages the architects not ...
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... wholly on the position in which it is placed , and the use to which it is applied ; and there is in consequence no prescribed form , however ugly it may appear at present , that may not one day be found to be the very best for a given ...
... wholly on the position in which it is placed , and the use to which it is applied ; and there is in consequence no prescribed form , however ugly it may appear at present , that may not one day be found to be the very best for a given ...
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