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An Essay on Architecture: In Which Its True Principles Are Explained, and Invariable Rules Proposed, for Directing the Judgement and Forming the Taste ... Kinds of Buildings, the Embellishment o
Excerpt from An Essay on Architecture: In Which Its True Principles Are Explained, and Invariable Rules Proposed, for Directing the Judgement and Forming the Taste of the Gentleman and the Architect, With Regard to the Different Kinds of Buildings, the Embellishment of Cities
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Delicacies-p R t-e F A 'c E. Delicacies of} therh.' They have wrote very learnedly of poetry, painting and muiic. The myf feries of thefe ingenious arts have been (0 nicely examined, that.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- GenresArchitecture
308 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
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Marc-Antoine Laugier
125 books2 followersFrench cleric, architectural theorist and historian of the neoclassical period. A Jesuit until 1755, and a Benedictine abbot afterwards.
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January 1, 2013
Architectural reading. Very good if you have an interest in architectural form and a key figure, Laugier, in western history and his essays on architecture.
December 30, 2022
A fine building is not that which has an arbitrary beauty, but that which relatively to circumstances has all the beauty which is proper, and nothing beyond. (pag. 194)
The beauty of the buildings I am speaking of depends chiefly on three things. The exactness of the proportions, the elegancy of the forms, and the choice and disposition of the ornaments. (pag. 119)
The beauty of the buildings I am speaking of depends chiefly on three things. The exactness of the proportions, the elegancy of the forms, and the choice and disposition of the ornaments. (pag. 119)
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