Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              <s>THE
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              ARCHITECTURE
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              OF
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              Leone Batiſta Alberti.
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              <s>BOOK VII. CHAP. I.</s>
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              <s>Of the ORNAMENTS of Sacred EDIFICES.</s>
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              That the Walls of Cities, the Temples, and Courts of Juſtice, uſed to be con­
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              ſecrated to the Gods; of the proper Region for the City, its Situation and
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              principal Ornaments.
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              <s>We have already obſerved that all
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              Buildings conſiſt of ſeveral Parts,
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              and that of theſe Parts ſome are
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              thoſe wherein all Manner of Build­
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              ings in general agree; ſuch as Si­
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              tuation, Covering, and the like; and others,
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              thoſe wherein they differ. </s>
              <s>We have already
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              treated of the Ornaments which belong to the
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              former; we are now to ſpeak of thoſe which
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              are proper to the latter. </s>
              <s>And this Diſcourſe
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              will be of ſo uſeful a Nature, that even Painters,
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              thoſe moſt accurate Searchers after every Thing
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              that is beautiful, will confeſs, that they them­
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              ſelves have abſolute Occaſion for it. </s>
              <s>As for
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              the Pleaſantneſs of it, I ſhall only ſay, that I be­
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              lieve nobody will repent his having read it.
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              <s>But I muſt now deſire not to be blamed, if,
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              having propoſed new Ends to myſelf, I begin
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              to handle my Subject upon freſh Principles.
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              <s>The Principles and Steps to any Subject are
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              found by the Diviſion, Intent and Conſidera­
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              tion of the Parts whereof that Subject conſiſts.
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              <s>For as in a Statue made of Braſs, Gold and
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              Silver melted together, the Workman conſiders
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              the Parts with regard to their Weight, the
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              Statuary with regard to their Out-lines, and
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              others perhaps as to other Reſpects; ſo, as we
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              have obſerved before, the Parts of Architecture
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              ought to be divided in ſuch a Manner, that our
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              Conſiderations upon each of them may be as
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              clear and diſtinct as poſſible. </s>
              <s>We ſhall now
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              therefore proceed upon that Diviſion which
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              regards the Beauty and Ornament of Buildings,
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              more than either their Conveniency or Strength.
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              <s>Though indeed all theſe Qualifications have
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              ſuch a mutual Agreement with one another,
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              that where any one of them is wanting, the
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              others alſo loſe their Commendation. </s>
              <s>All
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              Buildings therefore are either publick or pri­
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              vate; and both publick and private, are either
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              ſacred or profane. </s>
              <s>We ſhall firſt treat of pub­
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              lick Edifices. </s>
              <s>The Ancients uſed to found the
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              Walls of their Cities with the greateſt Religion,
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              dedicating them to ſome God who was to be
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              their Guardian: Nor did they think that it
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              was poſſible for the publick Weal to be ſo per­
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              fectly ſecured by the Prudence of any Man
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              whatſoever, but that it might be endangered </s>
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