The Quarterly Review, Volume 257John Murray, 1931 |
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Page 268
... building , it was social , epic , deep . True architecture was not a pro- fessional exercise in style . ' It is nearly four centuries since imitative design ousted the craft of building , and during that time there has been no advance ...
... building , it was social , epic , deep . True architecture was not a pro- fessional exercise in style . ' It is nearly four centuries since imitative design ousted the craft of building , and during that time there has been no advance ...
Page 271
... building art . He expressed surprise that archi- tects took so little interest in geometry . The organisation of the parts of St Paul's is akin to that of a mediƦval building . The support of the dome , and the resistance to the thrust ...
... building art . He expressed surprise that archi- tects took so little interest in geometry . The organisation of the parts of St Paul's is akin to that of a mediƦval building . The support of the dome , and the resistance to the thrust ...
Page 276
... building should ever again be done in an artistic manner , its artists will build up its traditions as a matter of course . It is useless to talk of recovering the traditions of an earlier period ; we must make our own . What is really ...
... building should ever again be done in an artistic manner , its artists will build up its traditions as a matter of course . It is useless to talk of recovering the traditions of an earlier period ; we must make our own . What is really ...
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