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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
LONDON , SATURDAY , OCTOBER 1 , 1864 .
If proof were needed of the rapid ancl steady growth of the commerce and prosperity of our English metropolis , Ave should point to the extensive demolition and rebuilding Avhich each succeeding year witnesses in . every part of the
City , and to the imposing edifices which are gradually bounding our chief thoroughfares , upon which , in many cases , considerable architectural merit is displayed . Those dull , dark , ill-arranged , and ill-constructed
buildings AA'hich sprang up hastily at the close of the 17 th century were designed to serve the double purpose of business and residence , and had sufficed for the wants of the citizen till the
present century ; but those are IIOAV rapidly giving place to loftier and more substantial structures , desigued to facilitate , by every appliance of mechanical art , the intricate and almost boundless operations of modern trade , at the same time to
satisfy the general desire for cheerfulness and beauty . The block of buildings recently erected at the Avestern end of Paternoster-roAv , for Messrs . Longman and Co ., and Messrs . Blackwood and Sons ,
of Edinburgh , is one of the most conspicuous of these modern structures . The premises formerly occupied by Messrs . Longman and Co . having been partially destroyed by fire in the latter part of 1861 , they determined to rebuild in a manner befitting their eminent position as publishers of literature . Very soon after , Messrs . BlackAvood
and Sons , who occupy the extreme north-Avest corner of the site , also determined to rebuild , and readily adopted the recommendation of the architects that their building should group with that of Messrs . Longman and Co ., so as to form part
of one entire design . The general features of the building belongs to the Renaissance type , but the design is treated throughout with , that educated freedom AA'hich is justly claimed by the best of our modern architects as necessary to insure truly
representative works of art . Like so many of our modern structures , these buildino-s are situate in a narrow thoroughfare—a circumstance AA'hich , by dictating to the architect the necessity for admitting the largest possible
amount of light , has imported those pleasing effects of identified character AA'hich are the chief merits of some of our recent architectural Avorks . It is
Our Architectural Chapter.
evident in this instance that the purposes of the buildings and the peculiarities of position have been the ruling influences in the composition . The principal facades are executed in Portland stone . Ornamentation has been introduced as
sparingly as possible , so as to insure that repose which we look for in buildings of this class . We _ note the symbolical character of the carving over the principal entrance of Messrs . Longman and Co ., where Literature is shown supported by Art ,.
Science , ancl Education . The figures of the "Ship " and the " Swan , " which , Ave are informed , are half-size copies of two medallions which had been saved from the recent fire , are interesting as having been trade signs of their establishment since the Great Eire of London .
The several portions of the interiors have been designed with particular reference to the requirements of business , ancl present nothing specially worthy of notice . We would , however , except the entrance-hall , and inner-hall and staircase of
Messrs . Longman and Co ., where much architectural taste and feeling have been introduced ,, which , being intended for a vestibule to the principal offices , satisfies the visitor as a fitting connection between the exterior ancl interior of the
building . We much regret that this example of modern street architecture should be in such a confined situation , and can only hope that ere long some City improvement Avill afford the public a better opportunity to examine its merits .
The architects are Messrs . John Griffith and ' Henry Dawson , of 16 , Einsbury-place South , ancl the builders , Messrs . Ashby and Homer , of " Aldgate .
Terra-Cotta And Luca Della Robbia Ware, Considered On The Principles Of Decorative Art.
TERRA-COTTA AND LUCA DELLA ROBBIA WARE , CONSIDERED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF DECORATIVE ART .
BY D . ROCK , D . D . A Lecture delivered at the South Kensington Museum . ( Concluded from page 227 . ) Though warranted by the custom of the classic ages in Greece and Italy , but feAV attempts haA r e
hitherto been made to revive the use of colour upon statuary . Our own Gibson has had the boldness not to heed the critics , and given tints , though of the faintest , to some of his works ; and a slight attempt in gilding ancl colour has been tried on the tympanum in front of the British
Museum . Let us hope that . the example in these times of him who is one of the greatest sculptors of this or any other land , may have its speedy folloAvers : a beginning may be started in reliefs and
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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
LONDON , SATURDAY , OCTOBER 1 , 1864 .
If proof were needed of the rapid ancl steady growth of the commerce and prosperity of our English metropolis , Ave should point to the extensive demolition and rebuilding Avhich each succeeding year witnesses in . every part of the
City , and to the imposing edifices which are gradually bounding our chief thoroughfares , upon which , in many cases , considerable architectural merit is displayed . Those dull , dark , ill-arranged , and ill-constructed
buildings AA'hich sprang up hastily at the close of the 17 th century were designed to serve the double purpose of business and residence , and had sufficed for the wants of the citizen till the
present century ; but those are IIOAV rapidly giving place to loftier and more substantial structures , desigued to facilitate , by every appliance of mechanical art , the intricate and almost boundless operations of modern trade , at the same time to
satisfy the general desire for cheerfulness and beauty . The block of buildings recently erected at the Avestern end of Paternoster-roAv , for Messrs . Longman and Co ., and Messrs . Blackwood and Sons ,
of Edinburgh , is one of the most conspicuous of these modern structures . The premises formerly occupied by Messrs . Longman and Co . having been partially destroyed by fire in the latter part of 1861 , they determined to rebuild in a manner befitting their eminent position as publishers of literature . Very soon after , Messrs . BlackAvood
and Sons , who occupy the extreme north-Avest corner of the site , also determined to rebuild , and readily adopted the recommendation of the architects that their building should group with that of Messrs . Longman and Co ., so as to form part
of one entire design . The general features of the building belongs to the Renaissance type , but the design is treated throughout with , that educated freedom AA'hich is justly claimed by the best of our modern architects as necessary to insure truly
representative works of art . Like so many of our modern structures , these buildino-s are situate in a narrow thoroughfare—a circumstance AA'hich , by dictating to the architect the necessity for admitting the largest possible
amount of light , has imported those pleasing effects of identified character AA'hich are the chief merits of some of our recent architectural Avorks . It is
Our Architectural Chapter.
evident in this instance that the purposes of the buildings and the peculiarities of position have been the ruling influences in the composition . The principal facades are executed in Portland stone . Ornamentation has been introduced as
sparingly as possible , so as to insure that repose which we look for in buildings of this class . We _ note the symbolical character of the carving over the principal entrance of Messrs . Longman and Co ., where Literature is shown supported by Art ,.
Science , ancl Education . The figures of the "Ship " and the " Swan , " which , Ave are informed , are half-size copies of two medallions which had been saved from the recent fire , are interesting as having been trade signs of their establishment since the Great Eire of London .
The several portions of the interiors have been designed with particular reference to the requirements of business , ancl present nothing specially worthy of notice . We would , however , except the entrance-hall , and inner-hall and staircase of
Messrs . Longman and Co ., where much architectural taste and feeling have been introduced ,, which , being intended for a vestibule to the principal offices , satisfies the visitor as a fitting connection between the exterior ancl interior of the
building . We much regret that this example of modern street architecture should be in such a confined situation , and can only hope that ere long some City improvement Avill afford the public a better opportunity to examine its merits .
The architects are Messrs . John Griffith and ' Henry Dawson , of 16 , Einsbury-place South , ancl the builders , Messrs . Ashby and Homer , of " Aldgate .
Terra-Cotta And Luca Della Robbia Ware, Considered On The Principles Of Decorative Art.
TERRA-COTTA AND LUCA DELLA ROBBIA WARE , CONSIDERED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF DECORATIVE ART .
BY D . ROCK , D . D . A Lecture delivered at the South Kensington Museum . ( Concluded from page 227 . ) Though warranted by the custom of the classic ages in Greece and Italy , but feAV attempts haA r e
hitherto been made to revive the use of colour upon statuary . Our own Gibson has had the boldness not to heed the critics , and given tints , though of the faintest , to some of his works ; and a slight attempt in gilding ancl colour has been tried on the tympanum in front of the British
Museum . Let us hope that . the example in these times of him who is one of the greatest sculptors of this or any other land , may have its speedy folloAvers : a beginning may be started in reliefs and