The architecture of humanism; a study in the history of taste

THE ACADEMIC TRADITION 203 design ; itgivesreliefand accenttothenewintention, ; justasthe commonformofa poetical metreenables th ...

204 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM The view that, because certain forms were used in the past they must therefore be used without ...

THEACADEMIC TRADITION 205 also,ofan inadequacy in thought: ofa failure to definethe nature ofstyle in general. Weclingin archite ...

2o6 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM parts. Ratio, identity, and correspondence form partofthenecessary webandfabric ofourthought. R ...

THEACADEMIC TRADITION 207 ' a judiciousmixtureofOrder andVariety ' ; andthis definition,forwantofabetter,hasbeen a thousand time ...

208 THE ARCHITECTURE OFHUMANISM tionsofthehumanbody,whichartists like Leonardo (followingVitruvius)soughttodescribewithinacircle ...

THEACADEMIC tRAt>lTlON 200 The problem of taste is to study the methods of their appealand the modes of our response ; and to ...

CHAPTER VIII HUMANISTVALUES I /Architecture, simply and immediately perceived, is acombination,revealed through lightandshade, o ...

41UMANIST VALUES 21 or society. But/theartof architectureisconcemec with ti»eir immediate aspect; it is concerned witl themasapp ...

212 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM ' cabined,cribbed,confined ' delightsus, forthevery reason thattheidea isvividlyconveyed. Nor d ...

HUMANIST Values 21a of thwarted effort or incipient collapse. We have looked atthe building and identifiedourselves with itsappa ...

214 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM II To this statement several objections may be expected. This ' rising ' of towers and ' spring ...

HUMANIST VALUES 215 monlyyields us ratheran intellectualandspiritual satisfaction thana consciousphysicaldelight. And itwillbefu ...

2i6 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM our impression. We donot argue to the point of likeness,but,on thecontrary,weare firstconsci< ...

HUMANIST VALUES 217 seated and universaland continuous,as,forexample, the processofbreathing. And/thishabitofprojecting theimage ...

2i8 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM seriesofartificial ponceits,butsimply soperceiving it. Toperceiveand interprettheworld scientif ...

HUMANIST VALUES 219 example,whois takingpartinanexcitinggame, will feelexhilarationandmayenjoy it; buttheovertones ofgaiety,thef ...

220 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM — ^beaserious obstacletoourtheoryif theconception of architecture,asanartof designbasedonthehum ...

HUMANISTVALUES 221 actual reproduction oftheproportion andsymmetries ofthebody,withresultsthat werenecessarilysome- times trivia ...

222 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM another volume. But the main divisions of the subject—space, mass, line and coherence,with thei ...