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Architecture - LoveToKnow Watches (15692 words) |
 | The end of architecture as an art, on the other nd, is so to arrange the plan, masses and enrichments of a ucture as to impart to it interest, beauty, grandeur, unity, wer. |
| Architecture thus necessitates the possession by the ilder of gifts of imagination as well as of technical skill, and fat exist, and be harmoniously combined. |
| From an architectural point of view tu e last is the principal, though not the sole element; and, b cordingly, the theory of architecture is occupied for the most es,rt with aesthetic considerations, or the principles of beauty cc designing. |
| Architecture In America (2120 words) |
| Thus arose what modern architects are pleased to call " colonial architecture "a designation equally applicable to all the colonial styles, but by usage now con-fined to the old English forms; for the tastes and prejudices of the English followed their political successes throughout the Eastern colonies. |
| Bulfinch was one of the strongest factors in shaping the architectural tastes of the country. |
| American architectural periodicals have largely supplanted those of foreign publication; and the reproduction of the best current work, built for and adapted to American uses, together with the ease of intercommunication, are tending to create a unity of architecture over the entire country. |
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