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 90
ow often do we see a front gable carried up to a respect- able pitch, and we might naturally infer that this is the termination, both as regards height and form, of the actual roof ; but on turning the corner we soon perceive that it is a mere wall cramped to hold it in its position, and that it… … Street Elevation. Side Perspective. severity of Christian architecture is opposed to all deception. We should never make a building erected to God appear better than it really is
Architecture, Gothic
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