Painting, sculpture and architecture as representative arts; an essay in comparative æsthetics (1895)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York [etc.] G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 373
e-veal its genuine character?If a roof be really sup-ported by steel girders, why should not the steel be visi-ble ? A ceiling of wood, revealing its natural colors andgrainings, resting on beams of polished or nickel-platedsteel, might be made to have effects, both as regards ma-terial and color,… … FIG. 180.—HIGH SCHOOL TOWER.See pages 327, 330. ARCHITECTURA L RE PRE SEN TA T10N. »3i 332. Why might not something of an analogous char-acter be produced through a combination of wood andmetal ? After all, the difficulty, in our age, is not to findnew methods of producing genuinely artistic…
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