The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of TasteDoubleday, 1956 - 197 Seiten |
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... Spirit of the time ' is often spoken of as a social power . But ' the Spirit of the time ' does not exist inde- pendently of the activities which manifest it . It is the at- mosphere which results from their combined operation ; or it ...
... Spirit of the time ' is often spoken of as a social power . But ' the Spirit of the time ' does not exist inde- pendently of the activities which manifest it . It is the at- mosphere which results from their combined operation ; or it ...
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... spirit . Now , in its predilection for gay and tortuous forms , as also in its love of finish , the art of China ( as the French understood it ) was perfectly con- gruous with their own . It required no organisation which contemporary ...
... spirit . Now , in its predilection for gay and tortuous forms , as also in its love of finish , the art of China ( as the French understood it ) was perfectly con- gruous with their own . It required no organisation which contemporary ...
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... spirit , sometimes the letter of ancient architecture that the Italian style recalls . Now it indulges its thirst for novelty , and again at intervals does penance in Vitruvian sackcloth . The essence of the classic control is disguised ...
... spirit , sometimes the letter of ancient architecture that the Italian style recalls . Now it indulges its thirst for novelty , and again at intervals does penance in Vitruvian sackcloth . The essence of the classic control is disguised ...
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Introduction | 15 |
ONE Renaissance Architecture | 25 |
Two The Romantic Fallacy | 40 |
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