How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 102
I—I Pi< Ph 1—I w-wQ< S wXh o IE u pi0 u i—i THE FIRST GREAT TRANSITION architecture is distinctly Roman. If you remember, theRoman translations have a less classic refinement butmore human feeling, and were thus more easily under-stood by the average man. For that reason our numer- … FIG. 35—MADISON SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NEW YORK ous variations in column, cornice, and other detail havebeen largely based on the Roman translation. The best example of Roman architecture with us is thebuilding of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, on FifthAvenue at Thirty-fourth Street, New…
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