Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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>THE
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ARCHITECTURE
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Leone Batiſta Alberti.
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>BOOK VII. CHAP. I.</
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>Of the ORNAMENTS of Sacred EDIFICES.</
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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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>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. </
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>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. </
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>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. </
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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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>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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>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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>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. </
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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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>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. </
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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. </
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lick Edifices. </
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>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 </
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