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The hasty multitude
Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,
And some the architect: his hand was read more
The hasty multitude
Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,
And some the architect: his hand was known
In heaven by many a tower'd structure high,
Where scepter'd angels held their residence,
And sat as princes.
Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge
Rose, like an exhalation.
Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge
Rose, like an exhalation.
Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.
Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.
The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.
The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.
Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music
Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music
Sculpture is more divine, and more like Nature,
That fashions all her works in high relief,
And read more
Sculpture is more divine, and more like Nature,
That fashions all her works in high relief,
And that is Sculpture. This vast ball, the Earth,
Was moulded out of clay, and baked in fire;
Men, women, and all animals that breathe
Are statues, and not paintings.
An architect is the drawer of dreams
An architect is the drawer of dreams
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
There was King Bradmond's palace,
Was never none richer, the story says:
For all the windows and read more
There was King Bradmond's palace,
Was never none richer, the story says:
For all the windows and the walls
Were painted with gold, both towers and halls;
Pillars and doors all were of brass;
Windows of latten were set with glass;
It was so rich in many wise,
That it was like a paradise.