 | John Summerson - Architecture - 1998 - 308 pages
...analysis of his own technique, provides a good starting point. During the course of the essay we read: 'There are two Causes of Beauty, natural and customary....breeds a Love to Things not in themselves lovely.' This statement is a quite remarkable adumbration of an aesthetic generalization widely accepted today.... | |
 | Harry Francis Mallgrave - Architecture - 2009 - 584 pages
...Geometry, consisting in Uniformity (that is Equality) and Proportion." Customary In-auty results from the "Use of our Senses to those Objects which are...breeds a Love to Things not in themselves lovely." Customary beauty (custom) is also the source of errors in architectural judgment, for "always the true... | |
 | David Brett - Art - 2005 - 324 pages
...uniformity (that is, equality) and proportion. Customary beauty is begotten by the use of our senses, as familiarity or particular inclination breeds a...themselves lovely. Here lies the great occasion of Errors: here is tried the architect's judgement: but always the true test is natural or geometric Beauty.... | |
 | Manfredo Tafuri - History - 2006 - 580 pages
...equality and Proportion. Customary Beauty is begotten by the Use of our senses to those Objects wich [sic] are usually pleasing to us for other Causes, as Familiarity or particular Inclinations (. . .) Here lies the great Occasion of Errors; here is tried the Architect's Judgment,... | |
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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... 
