 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1828 - 474 σελίδες
...and in this respect, his theory and practice went hand in hand. In his " Parentalia," page 3.51, he 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 and customary. Natural is from geometry, consisting... | |
 | Lawrence Weaver - 1923 - 236 σελίδες
...than traditional elements in design. He develops the idea in his first Tract printed in Parentalia : " Beauty is a Harmony of Objects, begetting Pleasure...Beauty — natural and customary. Natural is from THEORIES OF BEAUTY 151 Geometry, consisting in Uniformity (that is Equality) and Proportion. Customary... | |
 | Charles Grinnell Cleaver - 1976 - 314 σελίδες
...Christopher Wren, one of a number of great English architects who influenced the early Americans, wrote, "There are natural Causes of Beauty. Beauty is a Harmony...Natural is from Geometry, consisting in Uniformity . . . and Proportion."3 The simple wooden structures of the seventeenth-century colonists made no such... | |
 | David Pepper, Frank Webster, George Revill - 2003 - 452 σελίδες
...of natural ideal which the architect. and stage designer. Christopher Wren espoused when he wrote: There are two causes of Beauty -natural and customary....Natural is from Geometry. consisting in Uniformity ... Geometrical Figures are naturally more beautiful than any other irregular: in this all consent.... | |
 | Ana-Stanca Tabarasi - 2007 - 516 σελίδες
...Prinzipien Shaftesbury 1712 in seinem Letter conceming the Art and Science of Design kritisieren sollte) : Beauty is a Harmony of Objects, begetting Pleasure...Geometry, consisting in Uniformity (that is Equality). [...] Always the true test is natural or geometrical Beauty. Geometrical Figures are naturally more... | |
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Beauty is a harmony of objects, begetting pleasure by the eye. 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... 