Oct 11, 2022
Beauty is assailed from two directions: by the cult of ugliness in the arts and by the cult of utility in everyday life. These two cults come together in the world of modern architecture.
- Sir Roger Scruton, Why Beauty Matters
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Beauty is assailed from two directions: by the cult of ugliness in the arts and by the cult of utility in everyday life. These two cults come together in the world of modern architecture.
- Sir Roger Scruton, Why Beauty Matters
The goal of architecture is fittingness: buildings must fit to each other and to the urban context; and part must fit to part in the composition of the whole. This demand for fittingness stems from a deep human need.
- Roger Scruton, Classicism Now