. Arena magazine - Volume 40. IENTIST, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. JOHN GALEN HOWARD, ARCHITECT. churches is really a nondescript, muchmore nearly resembling the work of theRomans than that of the Greeks. Someexamples of it, skilfully handled, havebeen effective, but few are readily dis-tinguishable as Christian churches andsome are travesties on Greek architec-ture. (See Encyclopedia Americana,Architecture, by Russell Sturgis.) Just where the Renaissance, the Gothic*,or some other appropriate style shouldbe used is, perhaps, often a matter oftaste, but it also should frequently begoverned by e
. Arena magazine - Volume 40. IENTIST, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. JOHN GALEN HOWARD, ARCHITECT. churches is really a nondescript, muchmore nearly resembling the work of theRomans than that of the Greeks. Someexamples of it, skilfully handled, havebeen effective, but few are readily dis-tinguishable as Christian churches andsome are travesties on Greek architec-ture. (See Encyclopedia Americana,Architecture, by Russell Sturgis.) Just where the Renaissance, the Gothic*,or some other appropriate style shouldbe used is, perhaps, often a matter oftaste, but it also should frequently begoverned by environment. The styleof most of our business buildings is ofeither Roman or Greek origin (com-monly grouped together under the termClassic). Such surroundings, andespecially if they include tall office-buildings are apt to overpower the moredelicate beauty of Gothic design; andoften, in such cases, the Classic would bemore appropriate. In New York, ior Digitized by VjOOQLC 196 The Architecture of the Christian Science FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, BROOKLYN, N. Y. HENRY IVES COBB, ARCHITECT. example, we know how Trinity has beendwarfed by the tall buildings of Broad-way, while the new Madison SquarePresbyterian Church, amidst similar sur-
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