The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture (1922)
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · New York, A. A. Knopf · leaf 28
rresponding masculine, was employed for smallertemples; like a woman it was more supple and adaptable than THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE 21 the Doric, its proportions were more slender and graceful, itslines more flowing, and its ornament more delicate and profuse.A freer and more elaborate style than… … Because the Greek architect was at liberty to improve uponthe work of his predecessors if he could, no temple was just likeany other, and they form an ascending scale of excellence, cul-rriinating in the Acropolis group. Every detail was considerednot only with relation to its position and…
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