To: Corin Stormhands
They are gorgeous buildings.
I have often marvelled that the architecture and craftsmanship of old, and wondered why the architecture of relatively primitive cultures and times was so much more intricately detailed and beautiful, back when everything from cutting the materials to transporting it to finishing it was all manually crafted on site. When it all had to be done by hand, they spent a lot of time doing the extra... Just think even of the fancy mouldings and porch details of houses here 100 years ago. Now that everything is easier to make, with power tools and the ability to mass produce those details, our architecture is plain and ordinary and anything custom or special 'costs a fortune'. Why is that?
24,705 posted on
04/09/2003 8:21:58 AM PDT by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: HairOfTheDog; yall
TEA PARTY IN BAGHDAD!
24,707 posted on
04/09/2003 8:23:21 AM PDT by
Pippin
(Warrior Hobbit on duty)
To: HairOfTheDog
We've given up form for function, culture for cost.
Reminds me of a friend who works at a Bible college in Germany. The "new" building is the one built in the 1600s...
To: HairOfTheDog
"Why is that?"
Maybe because the average guy needs 5 hours a day to watch TV shows.
24,712 posted on
04/09/2003 8:28:54 AM PDT by
Sam Cree
(liberals are the axis of evil)
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