THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM A Study in the History of Taste1969 |
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... tion , some concessions in point of perfect construction must constantly be made . Architecture cannot always be ideally economical in its selection of means to ends , nor perfectly truthful in its statement . And on the other hand , it ...
... tion , some concessions in point of perfect construction must constantly be made . Architecture cannot always be ideally economical in its selection of means to ends , nor perfectly truthful in its statement . And on the other hand , it ...
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... tion of the book overweighs the constructive . But if the conclusions at which I arrive are rightly appreciated this will , I think , be seen to be inevitable . My contention is that ' theory ' - the attempt to decide architectural ...
... tion of the book overweighs the constructive . But if the conclusions at which I arrive are rightly appreciated this will , I think , be seen to be inevitable . My contention is that ' theory ' - the attempt to decide architectural ...
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... tion truthfully expressed How far Greek or Gothic architecture can be called " good construction ' Or ' construction truthfully expressed ' Beauty cannot be identified with sincere construction But perhaps both are necessary ...
... tion truthfully expressed How far Greek or Gothic architecture can be called " good construction ' Or ' construction truthfully expressed ' Beauty cannot be identified with sincere construction But perhaps both are necessary ...
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Foreword by Henry Hope Reed | 15 |
ONE Renaissance Architecture | 25 |
Two The Romantic Fallacy | 40 |
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