ANALYTIC SUMMARY

269

..

PACE

change

;

justification

ofMichaelAngelo's

dome,and

of

'

merely

decorative'orders.

.111

'Scientific'reply

tothisargument;

beautywilldepend

onthespectator'signoranceof

architecture.. 114

Confusionherebetweenknowing

andfeeling

;

aesthetic

perception morelimited

thanintellectualperception

115

Moreoveracc^mplete

intellectual perceptionwouldper-

ceive««/*ra/«a

theaestheticpointofview..

117

Themechanicalargumentbasedonaconfusionbetween

structureandtheeffectofstructure

onthehuman

spirit...

.. .118

Renaissancearchitectureisstructure

;'</fa/;Vf<^.. 120

CHAPTER V

THE ETHICAL

FALLACY

New groundsofcriticism against Renaissancearchitec-

ture;Ruskin ..... 121-

Relationoftheethicalcriticismtotheromanticandto

themechanical.... .125

Ninetfeenth-centuryPuritanism contrastedwith that of

theseventeenthcenturyinitsrelationtoart. 129

Sectarian

bias

;theologicalaesthetics..

.130

TheSevenLampsz.i\6.

TheStones

of

Venice..

131

PsycfhologicalmeritofRuskin's

criticism..

133

Itslimitations ...... 134

Politicalbias;democraticaesthetics;Morris.

135

J^ogical

andhistoricalinexactitudeofthisview. .140

Labourin

the

seventeenth century;the obeliskofSt.

Peter's...

..

-143

Estheticvaluesviewedasintrinsically

ethical

.. 146

Baroquearchitecture,howfar

'

slovenly,'

'

ostentatious

'

or

'

false

'.

.... -147

'

Deceit

'in

architecture. •.. .151

Its

aestheticlimitations.

..
^55

I^fdrtunate resultsfor

criticismofthereactionagainst

/cC_^'Ruskinism..

.. •

.159

Truerelationofaesthetictoethical

values. 162