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7/26/2025, 4:13:59 PM
>>7665291
I have a similiar complaint with Indian and Gothic architecture.
There's so much going on that it is just reduced to noise.
If you asked a child to draw a greek temple, they would probably do quite well, they would draw the stepped base, the columns with their fluting, probably ionic capital, they might forget the entablature, and then they would top it off with the roof pediment and they'll probably get the shape right. It would look like a greek temple and they would have appreciated its proportions and details.
But if you asked a child to draw pic related, what would they do? They would have no choice but to draw a bunch of scribbles vaguely in the shape of the building, for none of details can be appreciated, and if they cannot be appreciated, why even have them. This is not a beautiful building, it's just noise, and mere geometric shapes are not good enough for architecture, there must be ornament.
I have a similiar complaint with Indian and Gothic architecture.
There's so much going on that it is just reduced to noise.
If you asked a child to draw a greek temple, they would probably do quite well, they would draw the stepped base, the columns with their fluting, probably ionic capital, they might forget the entablature, and then they would top it off with the roof pediment and they'll probably get the shape right. It would look like a greek temple and they would have appreciated its proportions and details.
But if you asked a child to draw pic related, what would they do? They would have no choice but to draw a bunch of scribbles vaguely in the shape of the building, for none of details can be appreciated, and if they cannot be appreciated, why even have them. This is not a beautiful building, it's just noise, and mere geometric shapes are not good enough for architecture, there must be ornament.
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