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

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ANALYTIC SUMMARY

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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
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