The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (1841)
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852 · London, J. Weale · leaf 27
rsons unacquainted with the use and intentions of spires, they are associated with the idea of ecclesiastical architecture. The pitch of roof in pointed architecture is another subject on which some useful observations may be made. It will be found, on examination, that the most beautiful pitch of… … If this form be departed from, the gable appears either painfully acute or too widely spread. All really beautiful forms in architecture are based on the soundest principles of utility. Practical men know that flat-pitched roofs, which are exceedingly ugly in appearance, are also but ill calculated…
Architecture, Gothic
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