"Initially, with our nation’s founding, there was a wish to express our national ethos in architecture that denoted the democratic spirit of Ancient Greece melded with the order of the early Roman republic."
Agreed, but it is more than that. It is a recognition that we are a Western nation and a Western people, descended from and with a c…
"Initially, with our nation’s founding, there was a wish to express our national ethos in architecture that denoted the democratic spirit of Ancient Greece melded with the order of the early Roman republic."
Agreed, but it is more than that. It is a recognition that we are a Western nation and a Western people, descended from and with a culture and institutions descended from the Greeks, Romans, and greater Christendom.
Yes, this is why every truly educated person used to and still should be familiar with the classics in the original Latin and Ancient Greek, and the bible.
"Initially, with our nation’s founding, there was a wish to express our national ethos in architecture that denoted the democratic spirit of Ancient Greece melded with the order of the early Roman republic."
Agreed, but it is more than that. It is a recognition that we are a Western nation and a Western people, descended from and with a culture and institutions descended from the Greeks, Romans, and greater Christendom.
Yes, this is why every truly educated person used to and still should be familiar with the classics in the original Latin and Ancient Greek, and the bible.