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Understanding 9/11182 p. 27 cm
"This review of American renaissance originally appeared as a series of papers in the 'Architects and Builders' magazine." - Pref
"This review of American renaissance originally appeared as a series of papers in the 'Architects and Builders' magazine." - Pref
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page 56 is missing
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October 24, 2012
Subject: A disappointment in text, not in photos
Subject: A disappointment in text, not in photos
I was hoping for some contemporary (early 1900s) appreciation of house styles of the time but found quite the opposite. To the author/architect, the Renaissance in this country was Neo-Classical; and what was being produced when the book was written was not good architecture. Dow’s orientation can be summed up in one sentence from the book: “Architecture is not architecture which does not express history.” In addition, H. H. Richardson, creator of the Richardson Romanesque style, is harshly treated as being part of the “disgraceful saturnalia” of Dow’s contemporaries. The illustrations do show the wonderful Federal, Georgian and Greek Revival styles which tend towards simplicity and symmetry.
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