Architect and engineer . areslowly being brought to light. They aregifts of the gods, lying within reach ofAmericas outstretched hand, if she and More Themes The American practical mind with all itsattendant proclivities, finds its counterpart THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^t 16 ^ OCTOBER, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE in the genius of the vanished Maya that their temples, palaces and resi-dences are suitable or could be adapted intoto to our modern conditions. But themasterful manner in which the Mayashandled mass grouping in bringing intobeing their majestic conceptions, their e
Architect and engineer . areslowly being brought to light. They aregifts of the gods, lying within reach ofAmericas outstretched hand, if she and More Themes The American practical mind with all itsattendant proclivities, finds its counterpart THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^t 16 ^ OCTOBER, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE in the genius of the vanished Maya that their temples, palaces and resi-dences are suitable or could be adapted intoto to our modern conditions. But themasterful manner in which the Mayashandled mass grouping in bringing intobeing their majestic conceptions, their exe-cution of stupendous undertakings and thefundamental principals underlying their three, four stories high. They exhibit aprolific use of the serpent motif. They usedthe roof comb and so on. But when theunderlying meaning is explained, when thebasic principles are followed step by step,there unfolds a new world of material toserve as themes. Greek architecture developed in struc-tures of stone from recognizable wooden. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, VENTURA, CALIFORNIA First ecclesiastic structure embodying Mayan motifs. Completed in 1931 Robt. B. Stacy-Judd, Architect design motifs, make theirs the ideal worksto which this nation may turn for themesacceptable to our modern conditions. For instance, they had no windows. Theybuilt openings either square or with jambstapering, sometimes until they almost many instances they covered their build-ings with a maze of apparently meaning-less scrolls. They built monster staircasesrising from the ground to the roof, two, frame prototypes. Maya architecture de-veloped along similar lines and its woodenprototype is just as easily discernable. The Maya esoteric signs and writingglyphs became motifs for wall serpent also was conventionalized tosuch a high degree that it takes its placeamong the most extraordinary creations ofall time. In building mass and mass grouping these THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 17 ? OCTOBER, NINETEEN
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