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

THE ETHICAL FALLACY 143 meglio, — ^whereby,indeed, nowas in the past, many excellentdesignshavebeenfrustrated. Butthemediaeval l ...

144 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM length a trumpet gave the signal. The very first turntookexcellent effect; the obelisk was heav ...

THE ETHICAL FALLACY 145 hadlikewise providedthe powerofonehundred and forty horses. It was esteemeda peculiar good for- tunethat ...

146 THEARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM mediaevalmanner,oramodel settlementinthedemo- craticmanner,hispaganpleasureand his pietyare equa ...

THEETHICAL FALLACY 147 it is the seventeenthcenturystylewhichmostoften and mostacutelyprovokesthem)thatitisslovenly, ostentatiou ...

148 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM architectural structure. It is rapid and inexact. It reveals, therefore, a slovenly character a ...

THE ETHICAL FALLACY 149 example, might have given them — ^was thus not a negative neglect, but a positive demand. Their * inexac ...

150 THEARCHITECTUREOF HUMANISM ' repose—discord, even—tillthe eye comesto rest in thebroadunityofthescheme, and themovements oft ...

THE ETHICAL FALLACY 151 Ihough it is nobler in restraint, f But thestrength of thebaroqueis adeceit. It 'proteststoo much,' andf ...

152 THEARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM giltfarthingbecauseI wantedsomething bright,and becausehecouldnotafford thesovereign and must gi ...

THE ETHICAL FALLACY 153 themorefamiliarIamwithRenaissancearchitecture, theless.likely am Itobelieveit ; butneitherdoI wish tobel ...

154 THE ARCHITECTUREOF HUMANISM stoodintheirway, preferred atleast, andforemost, to indicatedesign. And,since, intherichmaterial ...

THE ETHICAL FALLACY 155 appoints. Butwhen we are familiarwithit,andhave ceaseddesiringtobeshocked,thisisnolongerthecase. Itscrit ...

156 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM creativeasthe seventeenthcentury,wasawideone ; its influence was felt through everything that w ...

THE ETHICALFALLACY 157 Last, there was monumental architecture. The resourceslearntinthe theatremust herebesubject torestraint. ...

158 THEARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM themainsubstantial,andof whichtheseriousinterest ismanifest,can ' carry ' acertain measureofevid ...

THE ETHICAL FALLi^Y 159 morality of the artist in hisworkas a criterionof theaestbeticvalue, ofthestyle. IV Thusfaritmay seemtha ...

i6o THEAKCHITECTUREOF HUMANISM thecurrentsoftheRomanticFallacy, allthecurrents oftheEthical, flowtogether. Itis the Criticism of ...

THE ETHICAL FALLACY i6i but. But what are the results, for the critics of ' Fact,' of theiraversion — ^historically sojustified ...

i62 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HUMANISM Thereis,infact,a true,notafalse, analogybetween ethical and aesthetic values: the correspondenc ...