. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1843.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 205 since we are arguing upon precedents, to argue with more caution, as precedents become less obvious. We may learn, from a comparison of carvings in stone and wood, how completely the mode of treatment varied with the ma- terial in Gothic as in classical art, and especially how well the relief of the ornamental parts of the work, was proportioned to the bulk necessary to the self- support of the substances em- ployed. The s
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1843.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 205 since we are arguing upon precedents, to argue with more caution, as precedents become less obvious. We may learn, from a comparison of carvings in stone and wood, how completely the mode of treatment varied with the ma- terial in Gothic as in classical art, and especially how well the relief of the ornamental parts of the work, was proportioned to the bulk necessary to the self- support of the substances em- ployed. The skill with which a considerable variety of mould- ing and outline, and an effective distribution of light and shade was produced in wood without employing unnecessary thick- ness of material, or exposing a _ high relief to the destroying action of the weather, is not one of the least remarkable in- stances of the ability of the Gothic architects, nor the least worthy of careful examination by their imitators, some of whom have nevertheless stu- Gothic Muuldings in wood, died to bestow upon wood- work, all the amplitude of relief to be found in precedents executed in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : [William Laxton]
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