Church Building : a Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation to the Church
The book Church Building : a Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation to the Church was written by author Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942 Here you can read free online of Church Building : a Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation to the Church book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Church Building : a Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation to the Church a good or bad book?
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A lofty choir might have been built, together with, perhaps, half the nave. All the stone for future carving might have been put in place, but left rough. The tower and porches might easily have been left until some future time. Reredos and choir screen, carved stalls and statues, could all have been temporarily omitted, and the church, bare and awkward, if you like, would yet have been per- 49 CHURCH BUILDING manent and honorable, and right as far as it went. There would have been an incentive... to further effort on the part of the congregation ; there would have been the certainty that the structure was permanent, and so men would be encouraged to add some bit of carving, some statue, some window ; above all, -wl j Austin & Paley, Architects. XXXII. ST. HELEN'S, LANCASHIRE. there would be a building with history and with constantly growing associations. It would have been a living thing, a mon- ument growing and developing from year to year, becoming ever more glorious and more beautiful.
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