Temples, ancient and modern : or, Notes on church architecture (1837)
Bardwell, Wm. (William) · London : Printed for the author · leaf 238
IENCY OF SKILL WITHOUT TASTE ; OF RULE UNLESS ANIMATED BY GENIUS.— POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS. — ARCHITEC- TURE A TEST OF NATIONAL CHARACTER. " TiVeTai 8e riyyti, crav ex ttoAAwv Trj; l/j.7reipl(tg evvoij^ustTwv, ARISTOTLE. " GLI ANTICHI SICCOME FACEANO DEL BELLO IDEALE IL LORO PRINCIPALE… … worked out in the same manner as a poem. Invention, or the ground idea of the subject, must come first, and it is to this conception of the fancy, that technical skill is afterwards to be applied ; so as to work it up, and to render practical in con- struction what is originally the mere…
Church architecture · Temples
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