 Tuscan entablature envisioned as ceiling molding. (proremodeler.com)
Here is February’s post for my blog at Traditional Building, titled “Ode to a Tuscan column.” It chews on some erudite – some might say persnickety – conversation about how to transform the entablature of a Tuscan column into the molding for a traditional ceiling. But if such small differences about detail determine the work’s success or failure, what about that space between error and experimentation in carrying out the classical canon? It all adds up to a rumination on whether “bad trad” is really the worst enemy of the classical revival. Read it!
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This blog was begun in 2009 as a feature of the Providence Journal, where I was on the editorial board and wrote a weekly column of architecture criticism for three decades. Architecture Here and There fights the style wars for classical architecture and against modern architecture, no holds barred.
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I do not even know the way I stopped up here, however I assumed this post used to
be great. I do not know who you are but certainly you are going to a well-known blogger in the event
you aren’t already. Cheers!
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Thank you, Sunny. If it will help, you can visit my blog at http://ArchitectureHereAndThere.com and click on “follow” at left to get all of my posts for free and with no ads by email. I’ve been writing the blog since 2009.
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How true, William! What rankles those who are deeply immersed in design issues does not rankle the far more plentiful crowds who are not so incumbered. We need people who are thus immersed, but they must recall that it is for those who are not so immersed – the public – that they should primarily design. Despite its many flaws, Providence Place is far superior to Emerald Square, and while the public might not be able to say why, they certainly do feel it. Thanks so much for your comment!
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Hi David, thanks for the link to Trad. Bldg. Your conclusion is so true. Greek Revival would probably offend the ancients, Providence Place is infinitely preferable to Emerald Square, as is the Charles St. Home Depot to their standard store. And there’s a reason why we call it Richardsonian Romanesque.
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