Excerpt from Church Architecture: Illustrated With Thirty-Five Lithographic Plates, From Original Designs But the man of taste and appreciation will not fail to remark that an essential characteristic of all Gothic work, whether in stone, wood, or glass, is that peculiar ine quality of surface which arises from a slight difference in the reflection from, or refraction through, the'pieces'which compose the sur face. No two stones laid together will ever have their faces so exactly in the same plane as to reflect ...
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Excerpt from Church Architecture: Illustrated With Thirty-Five Lithographic Plates, From Original Designs But the man of taste and appreciation will not fail to remark that an essential characteristic of all Gothic work, whether in stone, wood, or glass, is that peculiar ine quality of surface which arises from a slight difference in the reflection from, or refraction through, the'pieces'which compose the sur face. No two stones laid together will ever have their faces so exactly in the same plane as to reflect the light at exactly the same angle, unless extraordinary care has been taken to spoil the work by an over effort in this particular. No boards and beams In the old work were planed quite smooth, but every cut of the chisel or axe with which they were dressed reflects. In a different di rection. And, in'like manner, no piece of old window-glass was so uniform in thick ness and texture throughout as not to re fract the light unequally, and so produce what is called 'the gem-like and streaky appearance, which modern glass makers have long tried to imitate by various kinds of artificial streaking and specking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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