The Architecture of Humanism - A Study in the History of TasteRead Books Ltd, 31.05.2013 - 274 Seiten The Architecture of Humanism offers a brilliant analysis of the theories and ideas behind much of nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture. It discusses the classical tradition as reflected in the architecture of Renaissance and Baroque Italy and the role given the human body in that tradition. It is recommended reading for all architecture students, and essential for those interested in the revival of classical architecture. |
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... Mr. Francis Jekyll of the British Museum has kindly corrected my proofs. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION AN epilogue at the end. 5 VIA DELLE TERME, FLORENCE, February 14, 1914. 1 Sir Henry Wotton, Elements of Architecture. He is adapting.
... Mr. Francis Jekyll of the British Museum has kindly corrected my proofs. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION AN epilogue at the end. 5 VIA DELLE TERME, FLORENCE, February 14, 1914. 1 Sir Henry Wotton, Elements of Architecture. He is adapting.
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... the moral impulse of its builders. This medley of elements, diverse and uncommensurated as they are, can furnish no general estimate or true comparison of style. Doubtless, as a matter of history, architecture has not come.
... the moral impulse of its builders. This medley of elements, diverse and uncommensurated as they are, can furnish no general estimate or true comparison of style. Doubtless, as a matter of history, architecture has not come.
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... elements are, at first sight, distinct. There is no reason, prima facie, to suppose that there exists between them a preestablished harmony, and that in consequence a perfect principle of building can be laid down which should, in full ...
... elements are, at first sight, distinct. There is no reason, prima facie, to suppose that there exists between them a preestablished harmony, and that in consequence a perfect principle of building can be laid down which should, in full ...
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... . CHAPTER I RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE THE architecture of Europe, in the. 1 Sir Henry Wotton, Elements of Architecture. He is adapting Vitruvius, Bk. 1, chap. iii. 1 e.g. in the Strozzi Palace many apparently vast blocks.
... . CHAPTER I RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE THE architecture of Europe, in the. 1 Sir Henry Wotton, Elements of Architecture. He is adapting Vitruvius, Bk. 1, chap. iii. 1 e.g. in the Strozzi Palace many apparently vast blocks.
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... element on which, in real fact, the stability of the construction depended was ignored, frankly and courageously, in the æsthetic design. The eye was expected to disregard it as completely as it disregards the prop which in ancient ...
... element on which, in real fact, the stability of the construction depended was ignored, frankly and courageously, in the æsthetic design. The eye was expected to disregard it as completely as it disregards the prop which in ancient ...
Inhalt
NATURALISMAND THE PICTURESQUE | |
THE MECHANICAL FALLACY | |
THE ETHICAL FALLACY | |
THE BIOLOGICAL FALLACY | |
THE ACADEMIC TRADITION | |
HUMANIST VALUES | |
CONCLUSION | |
ANALYTIC SUMMARY | |
EPILOGUE 1924 | |
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