The craftsman . -s 5 5 ^ ^ o n u .2 Vj S J5 -Si E *^ ^ ^CjcS c 5 .O JC > ^ l^. ^ 8 •S <^. :^ ^?SI? I-I HOW TO LOOK AT A BUILDING 145 part of very nature ? **Arc not the elements of ease onthe face of all the greatest works of creation ? Do they notsay, not there has been a great effort here, but there hasbeen a great power here? ** (Ruskin) As to lesser things,the difference is but one of degree* A friend tells methat he was moved to tears by the beauty of the chapel ofSt. PauFs school, at Concord, New Hampshire. Mengo long distances and many times to see Salisbury cathe-dral, the chatea
The craftsman . -s 5 5 ^ ^ o n u .2 Vj S J5 -Si E *^ ^ ^CjcS c 5 .O JC > ^ l^. ^ 8 •S <^. :^ ^?SI? I-I HOW TO LOOK AT A BUILDING 145 part of very nature ? **Arc not the elements of ease onthe face of all the greatest works of creation ? Do they notsay, not there has been a great effort here, but there hasbeen a great power here? ** (Ruskin) As to lesser things,the difference is but one of degree* A friend tells methat he was moved to tears by the beauty of the chapel ofSt. PauFs school, at Concord, New Hampshire. Mengo long distances and many times to see Salisbury cathe-dral, the chateau of Blois, the little Rotonda of Palladionear Vicenza, the Boston Trinity church. These arethe masterpieces; and it is the distinction of the master-pieces that it is recognized by all, by expert and by lay-man alike. It is the universality of a work of art thatmakes of it a masterpiece. It is more difficult to apply ab-stract standards to architecture than to painting or tosculpture. It is by its nature more complicated and in-volved. In it practical considerations are ins
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