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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 62

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ld know the Middle Ages and whythey brought into being the thing that wasthemselves—their culture—you must needs aban-don the accepted historical method and consider,not the things that make facile textbooks, butthose that make life and character and person-ality; for these were the essence of the… … CHARTRES CATHEDRAL—INTERIOR CULMINATION OF GOTHIC ART the arts of the Middle Ages, and toward itspositive quality as well. There is still greatersignificance in the new estimate of the culturalbackground of this art. Before the events ofthe last five months of the year 1914 openedour eyes to the…

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