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6 comments:
Baroque or Beaux Arts?
I would say Baroque, more along the lines of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:G_r_186.jpg
Thats not barouque, old chap
perhaps not to you
Perhaps not to most:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture
As will be clear to just about anyone else viewing the photograph, the reference was not to regurgitations but origins. I never imagined, anonymous, that I would ever be writing these words, but: perhaps my blog is too subtle for you.
You might find Architecture for Lawyers and the Hopelessly Literal-Minded a more congenial recreation.
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