Temples, ancient and modern : or, Notes on church architecture (1837)
Bardwell, Wm. (William) · London : Printed for the author · leaf 122
TEGRITY OF ITS STRUCTURE, AND THE DISTINCTNESS OF ITS DETAILS, THAT IT REQUIRES NO DESCRIPTION BEYOND THAT WHICH A FEW GLANCES MIGHT SUPPLY. ITS BEAUTY DEFIES ALL ; ITS SOLID YET GRACEFUL FORM IS INDEED ADMIRABLE, AND THE LOVELINESS OF ITS COLOURING IS SUCH, THAT FROM THE RICH MELLOW HUE WHICH THE… … taste directed this profusion. The Parthenon, the Erectheium, and the Propylaea, must exercise an influence upon art as long as men agree in their veneration of the models which are now supposed to contain all the principles of excellence. These superb edifices are now so familiar to us, that most…
Church architecture · Temples
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