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Page vii
Preface THIS BOOK IS ABOUT DESIGN IN INDUSTRIAL VERnacular
architecture . As a handbook it describes and illustrates the compositional
elements and the design concepts that have underwritten much vernacular
building . The time ...
Preface THIS BOOK IS ABOUT DESIGN IN INDUSTRIAL VERnacular
architecture . As a handbook it describes and illustrates the compositional
elements and the design concepts that have underwritten much vernacular
building . The time ...
Page xii
The same logic holds true for generic designs in the second section : the types
illustrated were most evident throughout the period ... We hope to promote visual
analysis of design properties and to put vernacular design within the perspective
...
The same logic holds true for generic designs in the second section : the types
illustrated were most evident throughout the period ... We hope to promote visual
analysis of design properties and to put vernacular design within the perspective
...
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The vernacular is present - oriented , contemporary ; it declares what the current
state of civilization has to offer . Imagistically , the vernacular is direct . Vernacular
design may wax sentimental in the hands of the overindulgent , or it may be ...
The vernacular is present - oriented , contemporary ; it declares what the current
state of civilization has to offer . Imagistically , the vernacular is direct . Vernacular
design may wax sentimental in the hands of the overindulgent , or it may be ...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442230672, 9780442230678 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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