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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ... being steel framework, the appearance of stone construction is inartistic. it is not necessary that the steel framing should be shown in all its nakedness, if this be thought undesirable, for stone might have been freely and justifiably used, as long as the actual construction was made manifest. There is at times a good deal of affected declamation against the use of Classic ornament in ironwork, more particularly in castiron. As long as the moulds are prepared with due care, and allowance made for possible accidents of the ore in casting, there is not any aesthetic objection to the reproduction of any kind of ornament or decoration whatsoever, except where attempts are made to imbue one material with the appearance of another. Remarks have been made elsewhere as to expression in buildings, and it will suffice here to inveigh against a too common practice of making a building look as though its purpose was totally different to the reality; not long since, this led to a curious error on the part of some members of the house-breaking fraternity, who broke into a.gaol under the impression that it was a banking establishment; were such gaol-breakers to be forcibly detained the deception might be condoned, but otherwise it is advisable that buildings should bear their character on their facade, as far as may be possible. Architects are urged to " design in beauty," and it might be thought that this is a quality, a principle, as distinctive as any other; but in reality it bears the same relation to all the other principles in combination as does the divine masterpiece--a human being--to all the factors that combine to produce it. And this it is that must be borne in mind by all those who seek to produce a perfect work of Art. End Of Part I PART II CHAP...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130054071
- ISBN 13 9781130054071
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages72
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