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Page 97
... appearance . The choice of this major material is a first determinant of architecture , though the word " choice , " I am afraid , suggests greater freedom than really exists . Over all architectural history up to now at least and ...
... appearance . The choice of this major material is a first determinant of architecture , though the word " choice , " I am afraid , suggests greater freedom than really exists . Over all architectural history up to now at least and ...
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... appearance before the god . His passing under the god - gate expels the darkness from his heart just as the darkness of night is lifted at dawn.1 18 Torii are not to be confused with the gates to Buddhist temple pre- cincts , which are ...
... appearance before the god . His passing under the god - gate expels the darkness from his heart just as the darkness of night is lifted at dawn.1 18 Torii are not to be confused with the gates to Buddhist temple pre- cincts , which are ...
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... appearance of an interior architecture and are still left with the enclosing rock . Why not carve the whole rock into the appearance of an external architecture ? This is exactly what the Pallava architects did south of Madras on the ...
... appearance of an interior architecture and are still left with the enclosing rock . Why not carve the whole rock into the appearance of an external architecture ? This is exactly what the Pallava architects did south of Madras on the ...
Contents
Chapter Three ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL WITH PARTICULAR | 35 |
Chapter Six THE ARCHITECTURE OF STONE | 151 |
English Features | 417 |
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References to this book
The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That ... Jake Morrissey,J. P. Morrissey No preview available - 2005 |