What the back-ground is in painting, in architecture is the real ground on which the building is erected ; and no architect took greater care that his work should not appear crude and hard, that is, that it did not abruptly start out of the ground without... An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical - Seite 216 von Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1089 Seiten Vollansicht -
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