. A short history of art . TRINITY CHURCH. NEW YORKThe present church was commenced in 1S:!3 and completed in was consecrated on Ascension Day, May ii, liy ARCHITECTURE OF THE 19th CENTURY 611 ton in 1866, and art museums had been started or en-larged in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, De-troit, and Milwaukee. Lastly, there appeared two mencapable of giving both inspiration and direction to the newimpulse: Richard M. Hunt (1828-1895), with a genius fororganising, and H. H. Richardson (1838-1886), whosegenius was more specifically artistic. The latter,
. A short history of art . TRINITY CHURCH. NEW YORKThe present church was commenced in 1S:!3 and completed in was consecrated on Ascension Day, May ii, liy ARCHITECTURE OF THE 19th CENTURY 611 ton in 1866, and art museums had been started or en-larged in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, De-troit, and Milwaukee. Lastly, there appeared two mencapable of giving both inspiration and direction to the newimpulse: Richard M. Hunt (1828-1895), with a genius fororganising, and H. H. Richardson (1838-1886), whosegenius was more specifically artistic. The latter, in manypublic buildings, notably Trinity Church, Boston, and theCounty Buildings, in Pittsburgh, used very effectively theFrench Romanesque style, setting an example that was fol-lowed by many other architects. Meanwhile, the more permanent influence of Richardsonand Hunt consisted in the fact that they were Paris-trainedand directed the travel of students towards the Ecole desBeaux Arts. As these men returned home their influencemade itself felt, not only by direct example, but also by theimpetus they gave to the establishment of architecturalschools and systematic training on s
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