ANALYTIC

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Architectureathreefoldstudy

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Itsscientificstandard;firmness

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Itspracticalstandard;commodity

Itsaestheticstandard

;

delight

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LimitationsofHistoricalCriticism

Limitationsofaprioricriticism;itsfalsesimplificationof

theproblem......

Conflictofvaluesthusinvolved

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Necessityforamoreconsciousandconsistentmethodin

architecturalcriticism ....

Period to be considered in the following study; its

essentialunity .....

Pointofviewtobemaintained ....

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RENAISSANCEARCHITECTURE

Essentialcharacteroftheperiod...

.15

Itsenergy,conviction,arbitrarinessandlackofsequence 16

Insufficient

explanationscommonlygiven toaccountfor

these

facts ...... 18

Racialexplanations

.... .19

Political

andsocialexplanations... .20

Material

andscientificexplanations. .28

Tasteandtruecontrollingcause.. .32

Theprejudiceagainst

'

meretaste

'

..

-33

Howfaroughtarchitecturalstyleto be independentof

f

racial,

social,and

mechanicalconditions?.

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