The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture . rCALIAN GOTHIC~FRX3M THE-DUCAL PALACE- AT VE-NICE/. OOTHIC~ FACADEOBNOTRZ-DAME/ riALL^N $SANCE<^THEPALAZZO 5TOPPy!LNI AT E£ML 96 CONCLUSION IN taking leave of the reader at the end of this excursion together amongthe by-ways of a beautiful art, the author must needs add a final word ortwo touching upon the purpose and scope of these essays. Architecture(like everything else) has two aspects: it may be viewed from the standpointof utility, that is, as construction: or from the standpoint of expressiveness,that is, a
The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture . rCALIAN GOTHIC~FRX3M THE-DUCAL PALACE- AT VE-NICE/. OOTHIC~ FACADEOBNOTRZ-DAME/ riALL^N $SANCE<^THEPALAZZO 5TOPPy!LNI AT E£ML 96 CONCLUSION IN taking leave of the reader at the end of this excursion together amongthe by-ways of a beautiful art, the author must needs add a final word ortwo touching upon the purpose and scope of these essays. Architecture(like everything else) has two aspects: it may be viewed from the standpointof utility, that is, as construction: or from the standpoint of expressiveness,that is, as decoration. No attempt has been made here to deal with its firstaspect, and of the second (which is again two-fold) only the universal, notthe particular expressiveness has been sought. The literature of architectureis rich in works dealing with the utilitarian and constructive side of the art:indeed, it may be said that to this side that literature is almost exclusivelydevoted. This being so, it has seemed worth while to attempt to show theobverse of the medal, even though it be tails instead of heads. One possi
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