Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . | Figure 1.] sented, which is full of irregularity, is also symmetrical, forif we divide it by the imaginary line a, the portion on theright balances that on the left; that is, though not in shape,yet in bulk and in the mass of composition ; while in Fig. 2,which is a uniform or regular building, the portion to the rightbalances that on the left both in form and bulk. Now almostall persons, who have not cultivated a taste for architecture,or whose organiz
Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . | Figure 1.] sented, which is full of irregularity, is also symmetrical, forif we divide it by the imaginary line a, the portion on theright balances that on the left; that is, though not in shape,yet in bulk and in the mass of composition ; while in Fig. 2,which is a uniform or regular building, the portion to the rightbalances that on the left both in form and bulk. Now almostall persons, who have not cultivated a taste for architecture,or whose organizations are deficient in this faculty, wouldprefer a regular house to a symmetrically irregular one,because with them the reason only demands to be satisfied, COTTAGE RESIDENCES. 21 i !i. [Figure 2.] but with more cultivated minds the taste and imagination areactive, and call for a more lively and varied kind of beauty,and the irregular building would be chosen, as affording moreintense and enduring pleasure. As the principles of Harmony, Variety, &c, are intimatelyconnected with, and may be said to grow out of, Unity,Uniformity, and Symmetry, we shall not in our present limitsoffer any remarks upon them. The different styles in architecture are certain modes ofbuilding, which have had their origin in different countries,and may be considered as standard forms of architecturalbeauty. They have, almost without exception, had their originin some lofty enthusiasm of the age, which was embodied bythe master artists of the time, generally in the enthusiasm ofreligion. To the pagan gods were reared the beautiful templesof the Greeks, and, under the more spiritual influence ofChristianity, arose those Gothic cathedrals, in which theponderous stone was wrought in the most
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