ISBN: 9781103022588

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ILLUSTRATIONS and DESCRIPTIVE- NOTES of the ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE GARDENING of the EXPOSITION EXPOSITION FROM PRESIDIO HEIGHTS From the vantage point of Presidio Heights, one may see this panorama of the Exposition and catch the symmetry of arrangement in the walls of the palaces, in the graceful Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ILLUSTRATIONS and DESCRIPTIVE- NOTES of the ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE GARDENING of the EXPOSITION EXPOSITION FROM PRESIDIO HEIGHTS From the vantage point of Presidio Heights, one may see this panorama of the Exposition and catch the symmetry of arrangement in the walls of the palaces, in the graceful lines of the towers and in the impressive contour of the domes. The effect is largely due to the ground plan, distinguished for its balance and poise, which was designed by Mr. Willis Polk and Mr. Edward Bennett. The main palaces, eight in number, are built around three courts, producing an admirable compactness and unity. To the west of this central block of buildings, is the Palace of Fine Arts, and to the east, Machinery Hall. The Palace of Horticulture and Festival Hall are located in the great South Gardens. The Zone lies in the extreme eastern wing of the grounds, and the corresponding section to the west is devoted to the Pavilions of the Foreign Nations and of the States of the Union. THE ILLUMINATION BY NIGHT The Tower of Jewels, designed by Carrere and Hastings of New York City, is the centralizing and dominating feature of the Exposition. In its colossal dimensions and in the imposing dignity of its position and conception, it seeks to embody, in one triumphal memorial, the importance to the entire world of the opening of the Panama Canal; while in architecture, sculpture, mural painting, decorative ornament and inscribed tablet, it celebrates, in varying form, the glory of achievement. Classic influences inspired the great, central Roman arch, with its massive colonnades on either side and the Corinthian and Doric columns, repeated on successive tiers to the globe, upborne by four giant Atlases, which crowns the apex; but the spirit of conquest and discovery, wh. Books, Architecture~~General, Architecture-and-Landscape-Gardening-of-the-Exposition~~Louis-Christian-Mullgardt, 999999999, The Architecture And Landscape Gardening Of The Exposition, Louis Christian Mullgardt, 110302258X, BiblioBazaar, , , , , BiblioBazaar<

ISBN: 9781103022588

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ISBN: 9781103022588

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