The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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Page 144
... expression of the inward function of the building the adaptation of its features and their gradation to its dignity and importance . · 99 · Bulfinch always maintained a traditionally New England preference for simplicity , with a strong ...
... expression of the inward function of the building the adaptation of its features and their gradation to its dignity and importance . · 99 · Bulfinch always maintained a traditionally New England preference for simplicity , with a strong ...
Page 252
... expression also of the essen- tial factuality so strongly ingrained in the American mind . At his best — as in the sparkling cliffs and pinnacles and the glacial chill of his icebergs , or in his view of the Ecuadorean volcano Cotopaxi ...
... expression also of the essen- tial factuality so strongly ingrained in the American mind . At his best — as in the sparkling cliffs and pinnacles and the glacial chill of his icebergs , or in his view of the Ecuadorean volcano Cotopaxi ...
Page 463
... expression of its function . Thus the Concord coach , the trotting wagon , and the American ax belong with the Brooklyn Bridge and its superb descendants which span Golden Gate and the Narrows ; the grain elevators having the ...
... expression of its function . Thus the Concord coach , the trotting wagon , and the American ax belong with the Brooklyn Bridge and its superb descendants which span Golden Gate and the Narrows ; the grain elevators having the ...
Contents
Spain and France in the New World | 4 |
The Seventeenth Century | 11 |
The Tradition and the Arts of the Puritans | 15 |
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