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Architecture is, like music, a metaphysical art; it deals with the abstract qualities of proportion, balance of form, and direction of line, but without any imitation of the concrete facts of nature.
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The comparison between architecture and music is an exercise of the fancy which has often been pushed too far.
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Architecture... is the art of erecting expressive and beautiful buildings.
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Architecture, although a form of artistic expression, is not, like painting and sculpture, unfettered by practical considerations; it is an art inextricably bound up with structural conditions and practical requirements.
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Henry Heathcote Statham
Born:
1839
Died:
1924
(aged 85)
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Henry Heathcote Statham was an English architect, architectural journalist and editor, and music critic.
Known for:
Architecture Among the Poets (1898)
A Short Critical History of Architecture (1912)
Organ and Its Position in Mus. Art
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