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Re: Architectural History Resources On-Line?
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lugnet.build.arch
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Fri, 17 Mar 2000 05:05:34 GMT
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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 sites are heavy on visual
stimulous but virtually devoid of verbiage describing the visuals.
It is somewhat detracting from the flow of thought to constantly switch back
and forth.
Jeff Elliott <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message
news:38D12866.AD424E39@telepres.com...
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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.
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> 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*.
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> If you're talking about modern or postmodern architectural theory -
> they give *degrees* in stuff like that; I guess there'd be texts.
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> Jeff
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> Brad Hamilton wrote:
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> > Does anyone know of any good architectural history resources on-line?
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> > I'm specifically looking for the equivalent of an art history text • focusing
> > on architecture, but with lots of pictorial examples.
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> > 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.
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> > Does anyone know of a better way?
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