The Architectural Review Volume 9 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...which is almost unique. Mr. Holloway writes upon "Decorative Accessories, Their Display and Sale." He is extremely catholic in his choice of objects, and appreciates the finesse of Baroque technique even when applied to design without relative scale of parts or harmonies of form. It is a perfectly well recognized fact that small "objets deyertu" can be riotous in expression, if their exuberance is performed with skill, but the necessity for sobriety and serenity increases with geometrical progression as the size becomes greater. The appreciation of the fact that what is bizarre in the little becomes monstrous in the big is evident in llr. Hollowav's article. The Architectural Forum, July. The opening article is by Mr. Eberlcin upon "The Architecture of the Dalmatian Coast." Mr. Eberlein begins by classifying varieties of architects, of which he finds three species. First, enlightened men who know precedent and sanely make use of it as a foundation and guide. Second, purists who follow precedent slavishly. Third, self-satisfied individuals who do not know precedent and condemn what they neither understand nor appreciate. Upon the first of these species we must rely for expressions of value. They are evolutionists, not revolutionists. Mr. Eberlein's point is well taken, and it is apropos of his study of Dalmatian work. He traces the effect of Diocletian's Palace at Spolato through the work of the succeeding: centuries, and the entrance of Romanesque, Venetian, Gothic, Renaissance and finally Baroque influences, which are harmonized with each other, showing the consistent acknowledgment in each of its debt to its predecessors. The plates relate to industrial plants. The power and heating plant for Yale Univ...