“If style is anything more than formal analysis or a description of the ornamentation of a building it must surely offer or represent a specific set of ideals from the moment of its production.”

—  Dana Arnold

Source: Reading Architectural History (2002), Ch. 3 : On classical ground : Histories of style

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