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The building is classicizing, with its base and capital, at the same time that those patterns on the facade borrow from ironwork by Southern slaves, and the facade’s canted, three-tiered structure derives from West African sculptural traditions.
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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
Thus by the late 1920s, Brancusi’s classicizing harmonies had influenced sculptors including William Zorach, John Flanagan and Hugo Robus.
—William C. Agee, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2017
Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
Thus by the late 1920s, Brancusi’s classicizing harmonies had influenced sculptors including William Zorach, John Flanagan and Hugo Robus.
—William C. Agee, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2017
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“Classicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classicize. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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