Vitruvius on Beauty
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Vitruvius, catalogued under beauty, with dates where available.
This page displays 4 quotations attributed to Vitruvius and filed under "beauty" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Vitruvius, entry #204994: "There will be no propriety in the spectacle of an elegant interior approached by a low mean entrance."
Attributed to Vitruvius, entry #98787: "But basilicas of the greatest dignity and beauty may also be constructed in the style of that one which I erected, and the building of which I superintended at Fano."
4 Quotes by Vitruvius on Beauty
"There will be no propriety in the spectacle of an elegant interior approached by a low mean entrance."
"But basilicas of the greatest dignity and beauty may also be constructed in the style of that one which I erected, and the building of which I superintended at Fano."
"For the eye is always in search of beauty, and if we do not gratify its desire for pleasure by a proportionate enlargement in these measures, and thus make compensation for ocular deception, a clumsy and awkward appearance will be presented to the beholder."
"There are two styles of walls "opus reticulatum," now used by everybody and the ancient style called "opus incertum." Of these, the reticulatum looks better, but its construction makes it likely to crack... On the other hand, in the opus incertum, the rubble lying in courses and imbricated, makes a wall which though not beautiful, is stronger."