The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... Leon Battista Alberti . 1755a : 1.1 . It is the function and duty of lineaments , then , to prescribe an appropriate place , exact numbers , a proper scale , and a graceful order for whole buildings and for each of their constituent ...
... Leon Battista Alberti . 1755a : 1.1 . It is the function and duty of lineaments , then , to prescribe an appropriate place , exact numbers , a proper scale , and a graceful order for whole buildings and for each of their constituent ...
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... Leon Battista Alberti . 1755b : 1.9 . Proportion is a principle , not of architecture , but of existence . It is by the laws of proportion that stars shine , that mountains stand , and rivers flow ... the assertion that " architecture ...
... Leon Battista Alberti . 1755b : 1.9 . Proportion is a principle , not of architecture , but of existence . It is by the laws of proportion that stars shine , that mountains stand , and rivers flow ... the assertion that " architecture ...
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... Leon Battista Alberti . 1755a : 1.1 . ... the whole matter of building is composed of lineaments and structure . All the intent and purpose of lineaments lies in finding the correct , infallible way of joining and fitting together those ...
... Leon Battista Alberti . 1755a : 1.1 . ... the whole matter of building is composed of lineaments and structure . All the intent and purpose of lineaments lies in finding the correct , infallible way of joining and fitting together those ...
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B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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