The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of TasteDoubleday, 1954 - 197 Seiten |
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... Nature is always final . ' Canst thou draw out Levi- athan with a hook ? ' To improve on Nature's architecture were a like impertinence . It is even suggested that forms are beautiful precisely in relation to the frequency with which Nature ...
... Nature is always final . ' Canst thou draw out Levi- athan with a hook ? ' To improve on Nature's architecture were a like impertinence . It is even suggested that forms are beautiful precisely in relation to the frequency with which Nature ...
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... Nature . ' The cult of Nature has a venerable history ; but it is interesting to notice the change it has here undergone . For Nature , as the romantic critics conceive it , is some- thing very different from the Nature which their ...
... Nature . ' The cult of Nature has a venerable history ; but it is interesting to notice the change it has here undergone . For Nature , as the romantic critics conceive it , is some- thing very different from the Nature which their ...
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... Nature . Yet , since even so some choice is in practice forced upon him , the sole result of ' following Nature ' is to sanctify his own caprice . Nature becomes the majestic reminder of human littleness and the insignificance of other ...
... Nature . Yet , since even so some choice is in practice forced upon him , the sole result of ' following Nature ' is to sanctify his own caprice . Nature becomes the majestic reminder of human littleness and the insignificance of other ...
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Introduction | 15 |
ONE Renaissance Architecture | 25 |
Two The Romantic Fallacy | 40 |
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