# Fiske Kimball — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Fiske Kimball in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Fiske Kimball

**First appearance:** 0023-v-the-defeat-of-romanticism

## Who they are

Architectural historian and museum director.

## In the story

### [The Classical Myth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii-the-classical-myth)

Quoted on Palladio's ideas and the contradiction between modern conditions and ancient forms in town palaces.

### [The Classical Myth and the American Renaissance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/i)

Quoted on the contradiction between modern conditions and ancient forms in town palaces and churches, and on Palladio's ideas finding clear expression in country houses.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii)

Cited as a modern revivalist who urges acceptance of the classic tradition as a foundation for a general modern style, a position the chapter criticizes.

### [Architectural History](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/ii-architectural-history)

Mr. Fiske Kimball's compendious study of the Domestic Architecture of the Colonies and the Early Republic is cited as a key source bringing together authenticated data.

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