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Six lectures on architecture (1917)

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Chicago, Ill., Pub. for the Art Institute of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press · leaf 134

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umstances, have al-ways been accepted. The relation of one partof a building to another practically constitutesalmost all that is beautiful in architecture. Therelation of a column to the arch or wall in con-tact with it, whether over it, under it, or at oneside of it, the relation of one story to… … ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION and artistic judgment which come only withpractice. Men have become accustomed to seeing thingsdone in a certain way, and, while this way can-not be formulated and is sometimes vague, wemust conform to it wherever we can under ourconditions. There is therefore a kind of…

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