Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

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In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen...

In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen...

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious...

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious...

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle...

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle...

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

What people want, above all, is order.

What people want, above all, is order.

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape...

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape...

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with...

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with...

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part...

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part...

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the...

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the...

The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb...

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb...

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in...

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in...

The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.

The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious...

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious...

The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as...

The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as...

The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and...

The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and...

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.