[PW] Re: ? Numidian architecture

[Patricia Price]

I'd also be careful to determine what exactly Thoreau (or anyone else
for that matter) knew at that time about Numidian architecture.  There
was a great deal of interest in the 19th century, especially in France,
about the origins of the house.  Viollet-le-Duc wrote a history of the
house that was translated into English (after Thoreau had recently died,
I believe) that was incredibly influential in American architectural
theory and house design.  There were many interpretations floating
around about the architecture of "primitive" societies, as a way of
discovering the origins of our own.

 

On 11/21/06, Cramer, Jeff <Jeff.Cramer at walden.org> wrote:

> 

>> I came across a reference to Numidian architecture in which the
author, in

>> this case Thoreau, compares using an upturned boat for shelter in a

>> rainstorm to the possible origin of Numidian architecture. I can't
seem to

>> find a definition as to what are the features or characteristics of
Numidian

>> architecture.

 

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