 | Sir William Chambers, Joseph Gwilt - Architecture - 1825 - 378 pages
...exactly half the less term, as 3 to 2. Wren, in one of his Essays published in the Parentalia, says, " There are two causes of beauty, natural and customary....themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors, here is tried the architect's judgment, but always the true test is natural or geometrical... | |
 | Architecture - 1828 - 512 pages
...in uniformity, that is, equality and proportion. Customary beauty is begotten by the use of our own senses to those objects which are usually pleasing...themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors ; here is tried the architect's judgment; but always the true test is natural or geometrical... | |
 | Thomas Hosmer Shepherd - Architecture - 1827 - 696 pages
...in uniformity, that is, equality and proportion. Customary beauty is begotten by the use of our own senses to those objects which are usually pleasing...as familiarity, or particular inclination, breeds a lore to things not in themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors; here is tried the... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1828 - 474 pages
...says, " There are natural causes of beauty ; beauty is a harmony of objects, begetting pleasure to the eye : there are two causes of beauty — natural...themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors ; here is tried the architect's judgment. But always the true lest is natural or geometrical... | |
 | 1833 - 536 pages
...in uniformity, that is, equality and proportion. Customary beauty is begotten by the use of our own senses to those objects which are usually pleasing...themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors ; here is tried the architect's judgment; but always the true test is natural or geometrical... | |
 | John Britton, Augustus Pugin - Architecture - 1838 - 576 pages
...proportion. In this respect his theory and practice went hand in hand; for, in his first tract,* he says, " There are natural causes of beauty. Beauty...themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors; here is tried the architect's judgment: * Parentalia, page 3i4. but always the true test is... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - Aesthetics - 1858 - 300 pages
...seen in how far they agree, or disagree, with the argument stated in the text. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN. ' There are natural causes of beauty. Beauty is a harmony...themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors ; here is tried the architect's judgment : hut always the tme test is natural or geometrical... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - Aesthetics - 1858 - 296 pages
...seen in how far they agree, or disagree, with the argument stated in the text. SIH CHRISTOPHER WHEN. ' There are natural causes of beauty. Beauty is a harmony...themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of errors ; here is tried the architect's judgment: but always the true test is natural or geometrical... | |
 | Lawrence Weaver - Architects - 1923 - 236 pages
...Eye. There are two Causes of Beauty — natural and customary. Natural is from THEORIES OF BEAUTY 151 Geometry, consisting in Uniformity (that is Equality)...themselves lovely. Here lies the great Occasion of Errors, here is tried the Architect's Judgment, but always the true Test is natural or geometrical... | |
 | J. A. Bennett - Mathematics - 2002 - 164 pages
...approach to the other mathematical sciences. The key paragraph from his first architectural tract was: There are natural Causes of Beauty. Beauty is a Harmony...themselves lovely. Here lies the great Occasion of Errors; here is tried the Architect's Judgment: but always the true Test is natural or geometrical... | |
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There are two Causes of Beauty, natural and customary. Natural is from Geometry, consisting in Uniformity (that is Equality) and Proportion. Customary Beauty is begotten by the Use of our Senses to those Objects which are usually pleasing to us for other... 
