How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 43
planets, the laws of generation, the riseand fall of the tides, and other phenomena of nature be-came the study of a special class of scientists, who erectedtemples and created forms to fit the special plan of wor-ship, evolving a ritual that seemed most effective in itspower over the people. The… … J FIG. 5—AN ASSYRIAN CAPITAL SHOWING THE ORIGIN OF THE IONIC the buildings—all grew out of the needs of a ritual createdby the racial characteristics of the various tribes andnations. So we have the creation of national types ofarchitecture and the beginning of a strong northwesterly 20 TRADE AND…
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