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 397
t, therefore,it manifested no constructive skill nor any kind oftechnical mastery over material difficult to work—whatthen? Facing us in Fig. 199, page 354, is one of twostructures flanking the Royal Theatre on the SchillerPlatz, Berlin. What this structure really is, is not at allwhat it seems to… … FIG. 199.—SCHILLER PLATZ, BERLIN. See pages 354, 357, 380. ARCHITECTURAL REPRESENTATION. 355 church—the much smaller and plainer building to itsright—the pretended and pretentious entrance in front ofthis is not used for a portico even on Sundays, its onlyapparent object being to furnish a perfect…
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