The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of TasteConstable, 1947 - 265 Seiten |
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... proportion ; but the grandeur and proportion were determined not on practical but æsthetic considerations . And what is the greatest economy of means ? Certainly not the Doric order , which provides a support immeasurably in excess of ...
... proportion ; but the grandeur and proportion were determined not on practical but æsthetic considerations . And what is the greatest economy of means ? Certainly not the Doric order , which provides a support immeasurably in excess of ...
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... proportion as the movement is tempestuous , these lines are emphatic ; in proportion as it is bold , these are strong . Hence , sometimes , the necessity — a neces- sity of æsthetic , if not of constructive logic - for that worst ...
... proportion as the movement is tempestuous , these lines are emphatic ; in proportion as it is bold , these are strong . Hence , sometimes , the necessity — a neces- sity of æsthetic , if not of constructive logic - for that worst ...
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... proportion ' belongs to the abstract intellect , æsthetic ' proportion ' is a preference in bodily sensation . Here , too , are laws and ratios , but of a different geometry . And there can be no sure criticism of architecture till we ...
... proportion ' belongs to the abstract intellect , æsthetic ' proportion ' is a preference in bodily sensation . Here , too , are laws and ratios , but of a different geometry . And there can be no sure criticism of architecture till we ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE | 15 |
THE ROMANTIC FALLACY | 37 |
Urheberrecht | |
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