Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 28
nd constant study may be relied upon to sug-gest the principles which underlie them and which they represent, andso to help us to produce individual refinements and variations in amodern and therefore truly vital spirit. The rules, then, which Ave follow on all Classic work to-day mustbe considered… … ■SKEYCd ■ OF-•llNEbONSlMirON- ASV^EDBf-GREEKS- GREEK CONSTRUCTION, STUDY OF THE ORDERS 77 It is quite impossible at this day to expect to know the })rincipleswhich the Classic designers actually followed. Every year there arediscovered new variations from the supposed rules which we haveapplied. It…
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