The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture (1922)
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · New York, A. A. Knopf · leaf 33
ethods, and developing new forms to show forth thespirit of the modern world, without violating ancient verities. In studying these crucial periods in the history of Europeanarchitecture it is possible to trace a gradual growth or unfolding 26 THE BEAUTIFUL NECESSITY as of a plant. It is a fact… … The Egyptians in their constructions did little more than toplace enormous stones on end, and pile one huge block uponanother. They used many columns placed close together: thespaces which they spanned were inconsiderable. The uprightor supporting member may be said to have been in…
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