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Crook, J Mordaunt. The Consequences of the Picturesque. In: The dilemma of Style - Architectural Ideas from the Picturesque to the Post-Modern. The University of Chicago Press 1987.
I think the Mannerism part should be omitted from this article.-- Rochelimit ( talk) 17:43, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
The definition given is very confusing, as it does not help understanding: "architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building or structure notable or historically identifiable". Why is the style about one building? Usually it helps putting many buildings together into a group. Cf. widely quoted English-language definition "A definite type of architecture distinguished by special characteristics" (attributed to different sources, mostly AED).
There is also an big range of meanings of "style" between a very narrow, individual definition (e.g., "architectural style of Le Corbusier"), and a broad generic sense ( Greek Revival architecture): the first, by definition, cannot be defined with any precision (we do not know "what would Le Corbusier do?" in a particular case, so his style is "defined" by a list of structures), while the latter can be (and is) reasonably formalized (this example is borrowed from a not very authoritative "Style in Architecture: A Defense of Formalism" by Saul Fisher), we do not need an exhaustive list in order to classify buildings (at least in the I know it when I see it fashion). Викидим ( talk) 02:37, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
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Crook, J Mordaunt. The Consequences of the Picturesque. In: The dilemma of Style - Architectural Ideas from the Picturesque to the Post-Modern. The University of Chicago Press 1987.
I think the Mannerism part should be omitted from this article.-- Rochelimit ( talk) 17:43, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
The definition given is very confusing, as it does not help understanding: "architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building or structure notable or historically identifiable". Why is the style about one building? Usually it helps putting many buildings together into a group. Cf. widely quoted English-language definition "A definite type of architecture distinguished by special characteristics" (attributed to different sources, mostly AED).
There is also an big range of meanings of "style" between a very narrow, individual definition (e.g., "architectural style of Le Corbusier"), and a broad generic sense ( Greek Revival architecture): the first, by definition, cannot be defined with any precision (we do not know "what would Le Corbusier do?" in a particular case, so his style is "defined" by a list of structures), while the latter can be (and is) reasonably formalized (this example is borrowed from a not very authoritative "Style in Architecture: A Defense of Formalism" by Saul Fisher), we do not need an exhaustive list in order to classify buildings (at least in the I know it when I see it fashion). Викидим ( talk) 02:37, 8 February 2024 (UTC)