Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufacturers, &C, Vol. 14: July 1, 1822
It is a mistaken notion that no thing is architectural unless com posed with columns of some one or more of the orders: whereas every thing is architectural that is de signed on the principles of that art, and which is good or bad accord ing to the degree of perfection with which those principles are brought into action and illustrated in the work.
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