Lectures on Architecture: Consisting of Rules Founded Upon Harmonick and Arithmetical Proportions in BuildingJ. Brindley, 1734 - 134 páginas |
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... has a Grandeur and Proportion in the Compofure , the Parts are Ma- jeftick and of an ample Relievo , and the Tafte is as elegant as the most agreeable agreeable Defigns of those who boast of being exact Copiers PREFACE .
... has a Grandeur and Proportion in the Compofure , the Parts are Ma- jeftick and of an ample Relievo , and the Tafte is as elegant as the most agreeable agreeable Defigns of those who boast of being exact Copiers PREFACE .
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... those who boast of being exact Copiers of Palladio or Inigo Jones . As to Situation , it was , perhaps , impoffible to place it in the Center of that Side , the Ground not being bis Property ; and the fame Archi- tect did compofe a ...
... those who boast of being exact Copiers of Palladio or Inigo Jones . As to Situation , it was , perhaps , impoffible to place it in the Center of that Side , the Ground not being bis Property ; and the fame Archi- tect did compofe a ...
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... down RULES whereby we may diftin- guish what is Proportion and true Harmony , and have apply'd those RULES to Practice by fundry Examples , which may be faid to be the the first Attempt in which the Beau Ideal has been -PREFA CE .
... down RULES whereby we may diftin- guish what is Proportion and true Harmony , and have apply'd those RULES to Practice by fundry Examples , which may be faid to be the the first Attempt in which the Beau Ideal has been -PREFA CE .
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... those Plots which pro- duc'd their Food ; and even the Care of that would take off much of the Im- provement which it is poffible he might make in the Progrefs of the Art which he mostly inclin'd to follow . IT may be farther obferv'd ...
... those Plots which pro- duc'd their Food ; and even the Care of that would take off much of the Im- provement which it is poffible he might make in the Progrefs of the Art which he mostly inclin'd to follow . IT may be farther obferv'd ...
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... those ftronger Motives of Self - preservation , People would mix and unite ; the Weak and Innocent would be glad to place themselves under the Protection of the more Able , and natu rally giving Way for them to have the Pre - eminence ...
... those ftronger Motives of Self - preservation , People would mix and unite ; the Weak and Innocent would be glad to place themselves under the Protection of the more Able , and natu rally giving Way for them to have the Pre - eminence ...
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Lectures on Architecture: London 1759 & 1736 and An Essay Upon Harmony ... Robert Morris Vista de fragmentos - 1971 |
Lectures on Architecture: Consisting of Rules Founded Upon Harmonick and ... Robert Morris Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 21 - The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears.
Página 81 - I would call Proportion. The joint Union and Concordance of the Parts, in an exact Symmetry, forms the whole a compleat Harmony, which admits of no Medium.
Página 94 - Double Cube — the Duplicates of 3, 2 and i — of 4, 3, and 2 — of 5, 4, and 3 — and of 6, 4, and 3, produce all the Harmonick Proportions of Rooms.82 We know that Pope was familiar with this kind of doctrine in its cosmological form.
Página 67 - I think, our modern Way of planning Gardens is far preferable to what was us'd 20 Years ago, where, in large Parterres, you might see Men, Birds, and Dogs, cut in Trees...
Página 21 - One fcience only will one genius fit; So vaft is art, fo narrow human wit: Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in thofe confin'd to fingle parts.
Página 169 - In detail he describes a summer-house congenial to meditation where "in the cooler hours of reflection a man might retire to contemplate the important themes of human life"; with unnecessary generosity he gives us platitudinous examples of the "noble and felicitous ideas" which might occupy the mind of an architect, a geographer, or an astronomer under such circumstances.
Página 94 - We know that Pope was familiar with this kind of doctrine in its cosmological form. It was in fact a commonplace of the age : From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony This universal Frame began : From Harmony to Harmony Thro...
Página 107 - ... the square root of which sum is 62 feet. If the height of the storey is 12 feet, as before mentioned, divide that 62 feet into three windows ; each window will contain 20 feet 8 inches of superficial light, and those will be found to be 3 feet 2J inches broad, and 6 feet 5 inches high, which are windows of two diameters.
Página 97 - To find the height of the opening of the chimney from any given magnitude of a room, add the length and height of the room together, and extract the square root of that sum, and half that root will be the height of the chimney.
Página 138 - Out-line is to be first form'd ... it is from thence the internal parts, as well as the ornamenting and disposing the proper Voids, and Decoration of the Front, are to be regulated.