The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of TasteDoubleday, 1956 - 197 Seiten |
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... Delight . ' From this phrase of an English humanist1 a theory of architecture might take its start . Architecture is a focus where three separate pur- poses have converged . They are blended in a single method ; they are fulfilled in a ...
... Delight . ' From this phrase of an English humanist1 a theory of architecture might take its start . Architecture is a focus where three separate pur- poses have converged . They are blended in a single method ; they are fulfilled in a ...
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... delight the senses and kindle common en- thusiasms . Never , perhaps , has architecture been more successfully or more deliberately made the tool of policy than by this brilliant effort which transformed the face of Italy ; nor has the ...
... delight the senses and kindle common en- thusiasms . Never , perhaps , has architecture been more successfully or more deliberately made the tool of policy than by this brilliant effort which transformed the face of Italy ; nor has the ...
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... delight . ' To combine these ' laws of delight ' with the demands of ' firmness ' and ' com- modity ' is a further problem : in fact the practical problem of the architect . To trace how this union has been achieved , and by what ...
... delight . ' To combine these ' laws of delight ' with the demands of ' firmness ' and ' com- modity ' is a further problem : in fact the practical problem of the architect . To trace how this union has been achieved , and by what ...
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Introduction | 15 |
ONE Renaissance Architecture | 25 |
Two The Romantic Fallacy | 40 |
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