Bernini is Dead?: Architecture and the Social Purpose |
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... matter of conscious choice he has ranged afar and been blind at home , either to widen his total experience or because he thinks or knows that he prefers the strange . Nor would it be right to criticize the Westerner who makes this ...
... matter of conscious choice he has ranged afar and been blind at home , either to widen his total experience or because he thinks or knows that he prefers the strange . Nor would it be right to criticize the Westerner who makes this ...
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... matter how great his fame , can at times be no more than a Kilroy . George Washington , for example , was a Kilroy ... matter and that is what is so frustrating . The frustration comes from the fact that architecture is , in the end ...
... matter how great his fame , can at times be no more than a Kilroy . George Washington , for example , was a Kilroy ... matter and that is what is so frustrating . The frustration comes from the fact that architecture is , in the end ...
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... matter of literal transparency . It would do , for example , if the cross section of the nave could be read from the facade , and so on . Totality implied for the High Gothic an effort to develop a perfect and final plan , which is why ...
... matter of literal transparency . It would do , for example , if the cross section of the nave could be read from the facade , and so on . Totality implied for the High Gothic an effort to develop a perfect and final plan , which is why ...
Contents
Chapter Three ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL WITH PARTICULAR | 35 |
Chapter Six THE ARCHITECTURE OF STONE | 151 |
English Features | 417 |
Copyright | |
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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 |