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Impressions of Japanese architecture and the allied arts

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942 · 1905 · New York, The Baker & Taylor company · 18 pictures

A 1905 New York book by architect Ralph Adams Cram on Japanese architecture and the allied arts, written for readers interested in design and building traditions. Its photographic and engraved plates show temple halls, sweeping tiled roofs, carved wooden galleries and shrine precincts, which a designer could study for roof silhouettes, bracketing and the layering of pavilions within gardens.

Architecture · Art

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