A History of Architecture
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For Italian architecture trusts entirely to size and richness of o G Digitized by VjOOQIC 450 HISTORY OF ABCHITBCTUBE.
ornament ; by the aid of these it often produces an effect which disarms technical criticism ; but it has not that exquisite power and versatility by which the Gothic architect can impart a high degree of beauty even to the smallest and plainest structure.
The last great work^ the last really noble product of architectu- ral genius^ bequeathed to us by this school is the sublim...e Bad- cliffe Library at Oxford^ the work of Gibbs, and completed in 1747. One cannot conceive a grander mass than the cir- cular substructure and cupola without, or a grander interior, could it be seen without obstruction, that the same form, including a massive arcade, presents within. It completely recalls the idea of an old ItaUan Baptistery ; and were its circumference belted with Lombard arcades instead of engaged Corinthian columns, it would be marvellously to its advantage.
Those who, like Wilkins, turned their attention to the study of the pure Grecian ordeOrs instead of their Italian corruptions, must be considered as having greatly benefited the study of ar- chitectural history, but as having done nothing whatever for the improvement of architectural practice.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For Italian architecture trusts entirely to size and richness of o G Digitized by VjOOQIC 450 HISTORY OF ABCHITBCTUBE.
ornament ; by the aid of these it often produces an effect which disarms technical criticism ; but it has not that exquisite power and versatility by which the Gothic architect can impart a high degree of beauty even to the smallest and plainest structure.
The last great work^ the last really noble product of architectu- ral genius^ bequeathed to us by this school is the sublim...e Bad- cliffe Library at Oxford^ the work of Gibbs, and completed in 1747. One cannot conceive a grander mass than the cir- cular substructure and cupola without, or a grander interior, could it be seen without obstruction, that the same form, including a massive arcade, presents within. It completely recalls the idea of an old ItaUan Baptistery ; and were its circumference belted with Lombard arcades instead of engaged Corinthian columns, it would be marvellously to its advantage.
Those who, like Wilkins, turned their attention to the study of the pure Grecian ordeOrs instead of their Italian corruptions, must be considered as having greatly benefited the study of ar- chitectural history, but as having done nothing whatever for the improvement of architectural practice.
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