An attempt to determine the exact character of Elizabethan architectureJohn Weale, 1836 - 20 pages |
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An attempt to determine the exact character of Elizabethan architecture James Hakewill Affichage du livre entier - 1836 |
An Attempt to Determine the Exact Character of Elizabethan Architecture James Hakewill Affichage du livre entier - 1836 |
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Page 6 - given to the public in the endeavour to fix some general rules for the style of architecture that began to prevail in this country about the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century, which is known with us as the Elizabethan, and to relieve it from the barbarisms with which it has been overloaded.
Page 18 - ... universal chaos, portions of all these styles, without consideration of their original use and destination. Finally, as if in utter despair, some have relapsed into an admiration of the old scroll-work — the old French style — of which the French had become ashamed, and which they had rejected, and greedily bought it up. Not content with ransacking every pawnbroker's shop in London and in Paris, for old buhl, old porcelain, old plate, old tapestry, and old frames, they even set every manufacture...
Page 11 - ... author is of opinion, will be convinced that " the pure Elizabethan is the Cinque Cento of Italy." In England, this style is very commonly confounded with a mixture of Cinque Cento and Gothic , which, as appears by Willis's Architecture of the Middle Ages (see p. 297.), was also the case in Italy. " To assist our enquiries in the endeavour to define what Elizabethan is, it may be as well to ascertain what it is not. It is not the ornamental gable, the bay, or oriel window, for these were all...
Page 12 - ... Middle Ages (see p. 297.), was also the case in Italy. " To assist our enquiries in the endeavour to define what Elizabethan is, it may be as well to ascertain what it is not. It is not the ornamental gable, the bay, or oriel window, for these were all in common use long previous, as at Lincoln's Inn and the Temple Halls ; Christ Church, Oxford ; and many other Colleges at both the Universities : it is not the ornamental chimney shaft, nor the pendant and enriched ceiling. Our examples for the...
Page 18 - ... remarks, recommending the work itself to the reader. " There are heresies in art as well as religion : true principles will, however, always reestablish themselves. The last century has seen the style introduced by the Adams, largely employed at the Adelphi, Syon House, and many country residences, expire with its authors ; the style designated by its inventor, Emlyn, as the British, employed at Beaumont Lodge, near Windsor, and elsewhere, the existence of which was as transitory as the former....
Page 17 - Make a dwelling-house for me. " J. THORPE. And Longford Castle, from the same authority, was built as an emblem of the Trinity." We shall conclude this notice with the following judicious remarks, recommending the work itself to the reader. " There are heresies in art as well as religion : true principles will, however, always reestablish themselves. The last century has seen the style introduced by the Adams, largely employed at the Adelphi, Syon House, and many country residences, expire with its...
Page 18 - ... residences, expire with its authors ; the style designated by its inventor, Emlyn, as the British, employed at Beaumont Lodge, near Windsor, and elsewhere, the existence of which was as transitory as the former. Thus has the Cinque Cento been so overloaded with barbarisms as to be scarcely recognised, and thus has the present day seen the revival of that absurd character of ornament, commonly known as the style of Louis the Fourteenth, and we cannot better express our opinion of it than by again...
Page 19 - ... and mud walls, which does not seem much more absurd than building a house in the style of a period when architecture was quite in its infancy, as in the Gothic, or what is called the national style ; which, as it existed and had its origin mostly in the dark ages, every glaring absurdity will, no doubt, have a type, and, therefore, among the persons we are speaking of, a follower.