Pennethorne, John; Robinson, John [Ill.]: The geometry and optics of ancient architecture: illustrated by examples from Thebes, Athens, and Rome (London [u.a.], 1878)

42 THE FIRST GIVEN PROPORTIONS.

The design must now be considered complete as an idea—the plan, the dimensions,
the position, the order of Architecture, the arrangement of the Sculpture and of the inscriptions,
only requiring the few corrections named, so that the impression on the eye of the beholder
shall be made to convey the true idea of that perfect conception of the work which has been
formed in the mind of the Architect.

It will be the expression of this idea in some given material (marble or stone), by
making those corrections which become essential when the point of view is no longer in our
mind but is transferred to a fixed point common to all, so that the visible work shall appear
to every one to be similar to the perfect mental idea, that will lead to the application of the
several branches of the ancient geometry, and will prove how closely the Greeks united Art
with Science.

THE END OF THE FIKST PABT,