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VOISIN. SPORTS TORPEDO, 1921
It is a simpler matter to form a judgment on the clothes of a well-dressed man than on those of a well-dressed woman, since masculine costume is standardized. It is certain that Phidias was at the side of Ictinos and Kallicrates in building the Parthenon, and that he dominated them, since all the temples of the tine were of the same type, and the Parthenon surpasses them all beyond measure.
present-day activities, the only products of our civilization which have really "got there."
Phidias would have loved to have lived in this standardized age. He would have admitted the possibility, nay the certainty of success. His vision would have seen in our epoch the conclusive results of his labours. Before long he would have repeated the experience of the Parthenon.
Architecture is governed by standards. Standards are a matter of logic, analysis and precise study. Standards are based
