 American architecture, — why not begin afresh? To this, of course, there can be but one intelligent reply. All the past is ours; books, engravings, photographs, have so multiplied, that at any moment we can turn to and examine the architectural achievements...  Discourses on Architecture - x psl.autoriai: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc - 1875 - 517 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Keith Eggener - 2004 - 476 psl.
..."essential distinction between the arts of primitive barbarism and those of civilization," he continued, "is that, while the former are original and independent...tradition and precedent, and are therefore complex." Eclecticism was the solution: "We Americans occupy a new country, having no inheritance of ruins. ...... | |
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