The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of TasteDoubleday, 1956 - 197 Seiten |
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... exists . The reason has few problems so difficult as those which it has many times resolved . Too many definitions of architectural beauty have proved their case , enjoyed their vogue , provoked their op- position , and left upon the ...
... exists . The reason has few problems so difficult as those which it has many times resolved . Too many definitions of architectural beauty have proved their case , enjoyed their vogue , provoked their op- position , and left upon the ...
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... exists with only a little modicum of beauty ? How is the architect to be guided in the dilemma which will constantly arise , of having to choose between the two ? And , imagining an extreme case on either side , how shall we compare a ...
... exists with only a little modicum of beauty ? How is the architect to be guided in the dilemma which will constantly arise , of having to choose between the two ? And , imagining an extreme case on either side , how shall we compare a ...
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... exists for art only as a basis or means for creating beauty , somewhat as pigments and canvas exist for the painter . Insecure structures , like fading pigments , are technical faults of art ; all other struc- tural considerations are ...
... exists for art only as a basis or means for creating beauty , somewhat as pigments and canvas exist for the painter . Insecure structures , like fading pigments , are technical faults of art ; all other struc- tural considerations are ...
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Introduction | 15 |
ONE Renaissance Architecture | 25 |
Two The Romantic Fallacy | 40 |
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