| Joseph Forsyth - 1820 - 700 pages
...palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...solid and void , by that happy. something between flat andprominent,which charms both in front and profile ; by that maestria which calls in columns , not... | |
| Joseph Forsyth - 1820 - 708 pages
...'palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...of solid and void , by that happy something between fiat andproniinent,whick charms both in front and profile ; by that maestria which calls in columns... | |
| 1824 - 486 pages
...Palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...the materials and sculpture, but by the consummate elicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of void and solid, by THAT HAPPY SOMETHING... | |
| 1824 - 488 pages
...the consummate • elicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of void and solid, by THAT HAPPY SOMETHING BETWEEN FLAT AND PROMINENT,...profile ; by that maestria which calls in columns not to incumber but support, and reproduces ANCIENT BEAUTY IN COMBIN ATIONS UNKNOWN TO THB ANCIENTS THEMSELVES.... | |
| 1830 - 400 pages
...is never superinduced . by ornament. Their elevations enchant you, not by the length and altitude, but by the consummate felicity of their proportions,...flat and prominent, which charms both in front and in profile; by that maestria which calls in columns, not to encumber, but to support, and reproduces... | |
| Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 398 pages
...palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...elevations enchant you, not by the length and altitude, but by the consummate felicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of solid and void,... | |
| 1830 - 222 pages
...palaces here, even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never superinduced by ornament. 1 heir elevations enchant you?, not by the length and altitude, but by the consummate felicity of their... | |
| Joseph Forsyth - 1835 - 498 pages
...those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their heauty originates in the design, and is never superinduced...altitude, nor by the materials and sculpture, but the consummate felicity of their proportions, by the harmonious distribution of solid and void, by... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 594 pages
...exclaims, " even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...by ornament. Their elevations enchant you, not by their length and altitude, nor by the materials and sculpture, but by the consummate felicity of their... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 570 pages
...exclaims, " even those which remain unfinished, display a taste chastened by the study of ancient art. Their beauty originates in the design, and is never...by ornament. Their elevations enchant you, not by their length and altitude, nor by the materials and sculpture, but by the consummate felicity of their... | |
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