The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . HOTEL WALDORF New York, 1892. BV J. W. ROOT, DEC D THE ROOKERYChicago, 1886 ARCHITECTURE porticos guarded by Ionic, Doric or Corinthiancolumns of wood. For the first half century of theexistence of the United States as a nation, but littleoriginality was shown by native architects, if sucha school could be said to exist. Designers werecontent to cojjy European models, whether forreligious, municipal or domestic j)urposes. Thesemodels were the contemporaneous buildings of Eng-land under the Georges. The grea
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . HOTEL WALDORF New York, 1892. BV J. W. ROOT, DEC D THE ROOKERYChicago, 1886 ARCHITECTURE porticos guarded by Ionic, Doric or Corinthiancolumns of wood. For the first half century of theexistence of the United States as a nation, but littleoriginality was shown by native architects, if sucha school could be said to exist. Designers werecontent to cojjy European models, whether forreligious, municipal or domestic j)urposes. Thesemodels were the contemporaneous buildings of Eng-land under the Georges. The great work of Stew-art and Revett on the antiquities of Athens hadaroused an enthusiasm for Greek architecture, whichfor a time diverted the minds of English architectsfrom the examjjle of Sir William Chambers, then re-garded asthehighestauthorityon Palladian or ItalianRenaissance. The so-called Greek revival in Eng-land had its imitators in America, but the imitationswere crude coj)ies, not of Greek architecture, but ofthe works of those who had not shown their ability^tointerpret it in forms adapted to modern usag
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