A Glimpse at the Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of Great Britain, From the Earliest Period to the Eighteenth Century (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche

9781332046959: A Glimpse at the Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of Great Britain, From the Earliest Period to the Eighteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1332046959 ISBN 13: 9781332046959

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A Glimpse at the Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of Great Britain, From the Earliest Period to the Eighteenth Century

Hydriotaphia, a beautifully written treatise on urn burial, a work which, though in the present day of no practical utility in the discrimination of ancient sepulchral remains, has received deserved attention from the quaint yet elegant style of com position, and the learning displayed therein.* No further progress appears to have been made with respect to the illustration of sepulchral monu ments till towards the close of the eighteenth cen tury, when a taste for antiquarian pursuits seems to have gained rapid ground.

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Excerpt from A Glimpse at the Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of Great Britain, From the Earliest Period to the Eighteenth Century

The monumental remains of Britain form no inconsiderable portion of those works of ancient art which constitute our national antiquities. They comprise innumerable specimens of every age and variety, from the simple barrow to the most elaborate and enriched design, and are so closely connected with the history of our country, whether considered with reference to its condition civil, military, or religious, that, if other sources were wanting, we should be able from these records alone, to deduce a knowledge, by no means limited, of its literature, manners, and usages, at different periods, with the successive changes they have undergone, of the descent of our ancestry, and of the progress of refinement and the arts.

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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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