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Re: Architectural History Resources On-Line?
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Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:31:02 GMT
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I tend to seek information about the particular style of building I'm
contemplating.  For instance, when I was designing a cathedral, I
spent a while collecting bookmarks of good cathedral sites.

To a certain extent, I guess that saying "architecture pages" is like
saying "science pages" or "lego pages" - there's a lot of history,
a lot of styles; a lot of *buildings*.

If you're talking about modern or postmodern architectural theory -
they give *degrees* in stuff like that; I guess there'd be texts.

Jeff


Brad Hamilton wrote:

Does anyone know of any good architectural history resources on-line?

I'm specifically looking for the equivalent of an art history text focusing
on architecture, but with lots of pictorial examples.

So far, I've been using a combination of paper-based texts (which are
totally lacking in pictures) and looking up specific buildings on the
internet.

Does anyone know of a better way?



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Perhaps my method of using college texts and then looking up specific buildings or movements on the web is the appropriate technique? I just find that the art cannot be appreciated without sufficient visual input. The problem is that most internet (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)

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Does anyone know of any good architectural history resources on-line? I'm specifically looking for the equivalent of an art history text focusing on architecture, but with lots of pictorial examples. So far, I've been using a combination of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.arch)

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