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The meaning of architecture; an essay in constructive criticism (1918)

Pond, Irving Kane, 1857- · Boston, Marshall Jones company · leaf 39

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clear and lucid expressionof all the factors of Greek idealism, an embodi-ment of all that the Greeks held highest in thedomains of religion, morals, and philosophy.The Greek temple stood as an ever-present in-spiration to a life of moderation and of self-restraint; to a life of high purpose and to… … [22] THE MEANING OFARCHITECTURE DEFINITIONS at best are incomplete.A satisfactory working definition of artis this: Art is the expression, in terms ofbeauty, of a reconciliation to the struggle of life;just as a working definition of religion is that it isan expression, in terms of goodness, of an…

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