Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 166
nof the Roman was ingénions and copions in construction, in décora-tion it Avas stérile ; the more wealth he lavished on his ornaments, thegreater was the poverty or rather indifférence to taste he manifested,for the more precious the material, the more fastidious should Avebecome resrardinoj its… … ALLIANCE or CONSTRUCTION ANT) DECORATION. 1:25 The Greek miist liave been veiy mucli embarrassed, when placedaiiiong thèse great Roman concrétions, to decorate them with hisdehcate architecture, the issue of constriictive methods so vitally dif-férent ; yet, we must admit, there was a certain…
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