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LORD OllFORD AND MR. ESSEX ON THE POINTED STYLE. 63
., ^ O'fo'd, both by his writings and example, contributed much to excite
Jon to, and partiality for, the study of Christian architecture ; and though
ne noticed tl u-
opinio subject only incidentally, or in his private correspondence, his
" Gibb^' Senera^v independent and original, deserve attention.
Qot^- °n Says) mentions the palace of Theodosius, as the oldest specimen of
specim r*tt88 f°r reliques were probably the real prototypes of this fine
vvhol T °^ arcn'tecture- It was a most natural transition for piety to render a
atnplifi • ' ^ Were' one shrine. The Gothic style seems to bespeak an
are '°n °^ tne mmute> not a diminution of the great. Warburton s groves
tne ^nSense ' ^ was not a passage from barbarism to art, but from one species of
. 0 an°ther. The style was first peculiar to shrines, and then became pecu-
Uar to churches."-
The
decl' Sdme n°hle author has taken a cursory view of the origin, progress, and
reo-arT ^ ^ P°inteci stvle, in a Ietter to Mr. Cole, in which he says, " With
advice tl ^ ' ^'S,:ory °^ Gothic Architecture,' in which Mr. Essex desires my
it should ^ ^ ^nm^ should be in a very simple compass. Was I to execute it,
e thus :—[ would give a series of plates, even from the conclusion of
k3<iXon arch't
how th ' ec<:ure' beginning with the round Roman arch, and going on to show
the be e^.?^astered and zig-zagged it, and then how better ornaments crept in, till
Eighth', 1 ^°thic arrived at its perfection; then how it declined in Henry the
last e rei^n • Archbishop Warham's tomb at Canterbury being, I believe, the
its cha ^ 6 °^ UnDastardized Gothic. A very few plates more would demonstrate
in Queen6 .^ans Holbein embroidered it with some morsels of true architecture :
pillars lzabeth s time there was scarce any architecture at all ; I mean no
barbar'0u°r Se^om > buildings then becoming quite plain. Under James a
in his V, ComP°sition succeeded. A single plate of something of Inigo Jones,
into th t 1 worst style, should terminate the work; for he soon stepped
AmonJ th Perf6Ct Grecian''8S
there w " 6 6ar^er advocates for the English origin of the Pointed style, perhaps
^««ei'£S.110 0116 ^etter qualified to determine the subject in question than Mr.
Archgeo] ^ » ^ SOme " Observations on Lincoln Cathedral," published in " the
°gla> he speaks highly in praise of this mode of architecture. After
^"id X
81 " I°v,e m Dallaway's " Observations on English Architecture," &c. 8vo. p. .5.
Cole, in i^ey ^ M°nUments of Gleat Britain," Part I. preface, p. 2, from a letter addressed to Mr.
., ^ O'fo'd, both by his writings and example, contributed much to excite
Jon to, and partiality for, the study of Christian architecture ; and though
ne noticed tl u-
opinio subject only incidentally, or in his private correspondence, his
" Gibb^' Senera^v independent and original, deserve attention.
Qot^- °n Says) mentions the palace of Theodosius, as the oldest specimen of
specim r*tt88 f°r reliques were probably the real prototypes of this fine
vvhol T °^ arcn'tecture- It was a most natural transition for piety to render a
atnplifi • ' ^ Were' one shrine. The Gothic style seems to bespeak an
are '°n °^ tne mmute> not a diminution of the great. Warburton s groves
tne ^nSense ' ^ was not a passage from barbarism to art, but from one species of
. 0 an°ther. The style was first peculiar to shrines, and then became pecu-
Uar to churches."-
The
decl' Sdme n°hle author has taken a cursory view of the origin, progress, and
reo-arT ^ ^ P°inteci stvle, in a Ietter to Mr. Cole, in which he says, " With
advice tl ^ ' ^'S,:ory °^ Gothic Architecture,' in which Mr. Essex desires my
it should ^ ^ ^nm^ should be in a very simple compass. Was I to execute it,
e thus :—[ would give a series of plates, even from the conclusion of
k3<iXon arch't
how th ' ec<:ure' beginning with the round Roman arch, and going on to show
the be e^.?^astered and zig-zagged it, and then how better ornaments crept in, till
Eighth', 1 ^°thic arrived at its perfection; then how it declined in Henry the
last e rei^n • Archbishop Warham's tomb at Canterbury being, I believe, the
its cha ^ 6 °^ UnDastardized Gothic. A very few plates more would demonstrate
in Queen6 .^ans Holbein embroidered it with some morsels of true architecture :
pillars lzabeth s time there was scarce any architecture at all ; I mean no
barbar'0u°r Se^om > buildings then becoming quite plain. Under James a
in his V, ComP°sition succeeded. A single plate of something of Inigo Jones,
into th t 1 worst style, should terminate the work; for he soon stepped
AmonJ th Perf6Ct Grecian''8S
there w " 6 6ar^er advocates for the English origin of the Pointed style, perhaps
^««ei'£S.110 0116 ^etter qualified to determine the subject in question than Mr.
Archgeo] ^ » ^ SOme " Observations on Lincoln Cathedral," published in " the
°gla> he speaks highly in praise of this mode of architecture. After
^"id X
81 " I°v,e m Dallaway's " Observations on English Architecture," &c. 8vo. p. .5.
Cole, in i^ey ^ M°nUments of Gleat Britain," Part I. preface, p. 2, from a letter addressed to Mr.