The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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... practice was to produce a work of art , a thing of beauty . Today , this is no longer true . Beauty is not the goal of practice ; practice is merely a means of production , society's way of erecting buildings . A walk through any city ...
... practice was to produce a work of art , a thing of beauty . Today , this is no longer true . Beauty is not the goal of practice ; practice is merely a means of production , society's way of erecting buildings . A walk through any city ...
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... practice is to be seen in the façade of the Louvre , ( see fig . 176. ) which in many respects must be considered as the finest of modern buildings . The objections of Blondel to the practice are not without some weight , but the ...
... practice is to be seen in the façade of the Louvre , ( see fig . 176. ) which in many respects must be considered as the finest of modern buildings . The objections of Blondel to the practice are not without some weight , but the ...
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... practice is to be tolerated where the pediment is composed otherwise than of two raking unbroken and one horizontal unbroken cornice , or of the latter and one continued flexure of curved line . To these only , therefore , we now apply ...
... practice is to be tolerated where the pediment is composed otherwise than of two raking unbroken and one horizontal unbroken cornice , or of the latter and one continued flexure of curved line . To these only , therefore , we now apply ...
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