The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of TasteDoubleday, 1956 - 197 Seiten |
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... argument is based on the Greek and mediæval practice of architecture , it is an argument a posteriori . But it is clearly useless to reason dogmatically a posteriori , except from the evidence of all the facts . If all the architecture ...
... argument is based on the Greek and mediæval practice of architecture , it is an argument a posteriori . But it is clearly useless to reason dogmatically a posteriori , except from the evidence of all the facts . If all the architecture ...
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... argument would be strong , even if it were not logically conclusive . Admitting , then ( for the moment ) , that the description given of Greek and mediæval architecture is a fair one ; admitting , also , the Greek pre - eminence in ...
... argument would be strong , even if it were not logically conclusive . Admitting , then ( for the moment ) , that the description given of Greek and mediæval architecture is a fair one ; admitting , also , the Greek pre - eminence in ...
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... argument from science fell , as we saw , to nothing . But this is an argument of moral taste . Can we approve a style thus sat- urated with deceit : a style of false façades , false perspec- tives , false masonry and false gold ? For ...
... argument from science fell , as we saw , to nothing . But this is an argument of moral taste . Can we approve a style thus sat- urated with deceit : a style of false façades , false perspec- tives , false masonry and false gold ? For ...
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Introduction | 15 |
ONE Renaissance Architecture | 25 |
Two The Romantic Fallacy | 40 |
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