... PREFACE the Curator,Mr.A. E.Blackwell,and the Board of Directors of the NorthDevonAtheneum,Barnstaple; the Librarian of the Royal College of Art; Mr.GeoffreyIreland,who assembled most ofthe ... daysinEgypt,forhereweshallbest find the origins of architecture asawhole,andoriginsare of greatimportanceforframingatheory of art. AsProfessor Petriesays,'Weknowmoredetails of the originsofthearts inEgyptthaninanyotherland.Todaywecan ... Inanoblelivingschool,size,splendour of material,accuracy of workmanshiparegraces,but the lessthereis of these inanessentiallymeanbuilding the better.Whenwe aregoingin the wrongdirection the rightthingsareon the left. It is allaquestion of the quality of the effortoveralongperiodof...