The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of TasteHoughton Mifflin, 1914 - 272 Seiten |
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... principles of classical design in architecture . I soon realised that in the present state of our thought no theory of art could be made convincing , or even clear , to any one not already per- suaded of its truth . There may , at the ...
... principles of classical design in architecture . I soon realised that in the present state of our thought no theory of art could be made convincing , or even clear , to any one not already per- suaded of its truth . There may , at the ...
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... suppose that there exists between them a pre - estab- lished harmony , and that in consequence a perfect principle of building can be laid down which should , in full measure , satisfy them all . And , 8 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM.
... suppose that there exists between them a pre - estab- lished harmony , and that in consequence a perfect principle of building can be laid down which should , in full measure , satisfy them all . And , 8 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM.
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... principle , it is quite arbitrary to pronounce dogmatically on the concessions which art should make to science or utility . Unless it can be proved that these apparently different values are in reality commensurable , there ought to be ...
... principle , it is quite arbitrary to pronounce dogmatically on the concessions which art should make to science or utility . Unless it can be proved that these apparently different values are in reality commensurable , there ought to be ...
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... principles than with the history of Renaissance architecture , it will be convenient thus to restrict its scope . From what point of view should this architecture be judged so as best to reveal its unity and its intent ? A general ...
... principles than with the history of Renaissance architecture , it will be convenient thus to restrict its scope . From what point of view should this architecture be judged so as best to reveal its unity and its intent ? A general ...
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... principle ; it must be studied as an aesthetic impulsion , controlled by æsthetic laws , and only by an æsthetic criticism to be finally justified or condemned . It must , in fact , be studied as an art . Here , however , is the true ...
... principle ; it must be studied as an aesthetic impulsion , controlled by æsthetic laws , and only by an æsthetic criticism to be finally justified or condemned . It must , in fact , be studied as an art . Here , however , is the true ...
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Seite 215 - Awake! for morning in the bowl of night Has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight: And lo! the hunter of the east has caught The sultan's turret in a noose of light.
Seite 121 - We have seen above, that the whole mass of the architecture, founded on Greek and Roman models, which we have been in the habit of building for the last three centuries, is utterly devoid of all life, virtue, honourableness, or power of doing good. It is base, unnatural, unfruitful, unenjoyable, and impious. Pagan in its origin, proud and unholy in its revival, paralyzed in its old age...
Seite 144 - The day chosen by Sixtus for this undertaking was the 10th of September, a Wednesday (which he had always found to be a fortunate day), and that immediately preceding the festival of the Elevation of the Cross, to which the obelisk was to be dedicated. The workmen again commenced their labours by commending themselves to God, all falling on their knees as they entered the hiclosure.
Seite 261 - The centre of that architecture was the human body ; its method, to transcribe in stone the body's favourable states ; and the moods of the spirit took visible shape along its borders, power and laughter, strength and terror and calm.
Seite 39 - Romanticism may be said to consist in a high development of poetic sensibility towards the remote, as such.
Seite 2 - The mechanical bondage of construction bas closely circumscribed its growth. Thrust and balance, pressure and its support, are at the root of the language which architecture employs. The Inherent character of marble, brick, wood, and iron have moulded Its forms, set limits to its achievement, and governed in a measure, even its decorative detail. On every hand the study of architecture encounters physics, statics, and dynamics, suggesting, controlling, Justifying Its design. It is open to us, therefore,...
Seite 93 - For a single moment, while the past [92] still imposed its habit upon thought, disaster was arrested. The cult of Nature was a convention like the rest, and sought a place within the scheme. But the next step was the suicide of taste. Taken in isolation, made hostile to the formal instincts of the mind, Nature led, and can only lead, to chaos; whence issued a monstrous architecture: informe ingens, cui lumen ademptum.
Seite 210 - Architecture, simply and immediately perceived, is a combination, revealed through light and shade, of spaces, of masses, and of lines,' 3 which embody the meaning and significance of the institution housed within its walls.
Seite 1 - From this phrase of an English humanist 1 a theory of architecture might take its start. Architecture is a focus where three separate purposes have converged. They are blended in a single method; they are fulfilled in a single result; yet in their own nature they are distinguished from each other by a deep and permanent disparity. The criticism of architecture has been confused in its process; it has built up strangely diverse theories of the art, and the verdicts it has pronounced have been contradietary...
Seite 213 - This is the humanism of architecture. The tendency to project the image of our functions into concrete forms is the basis, for architecture, of creative design.