ARCHITECTURE 



sea, now given to any sea, or portion of a sea, 

 containing a large number of islands. The 

 name is generally applied to the islands 

 themselves, but this is not strictly cor- 



ARCHITECTURE 



rect. The Aegean Sea is the most notable 

 archipelago in the world, and the name was 

 first given to it by the Greeks to distinguish 

 it from all other seas. See AEGEAN SEA. 



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RCHITECTURE, ar' ki 

 tckture. Goethe said, "Architec- 

 ture is frozen music." In a striking 

 way he emphasized man's accom- 

 plishment in making art walk hand in hand 

 with unemotional science, which takes account 

 only of endurance, utility, stress and strain in 

 the construction of a building. That brick and 

 stone and marble may be so utilized that the 

 realization of an architect's dream may stir 

 the esthetic emotions is reason enough for 

 placing architecture among the fine arts. It 

 is therefore proper to class architects of vision 

 with painters and sculptors. They all pro- 

 duce objects good to look at and sometimes 

 inspire a spiritual exaltation in the beholder. 



Is a building well proportioned? Are the 

 details of it pleasing to the eye and does the 

 structure as a whole seem to fit well in the 

 landscape? Is its style suited to the purpose 

 for which it was built; that is, if it is a 

 schoolhouse does it look like a schoolhouse and 

 not like a barn with windows, or if it is a home 

 does it appear comfortable and inviting? 

 These are the questions we ask ourselves when 

 we see a building, and on our conclusions we 

 are apt to base our opinion of the architect. 



But if buildings were only beauti- 

 ful few could be well utilized. Use- 

 fulness, except in monuments and 

 purely decorative structures such as 

 arches of triumph, is even more essential than 

 attractiveness. If an architect is to design an 

 office building he must know the relative cost 

 of building with different materials and the 

 expense of labor for each kind of work. More 

 important still, he must understand how to 

 arrange the space so that it will bring the 

 greatest possible rent, must know how many 

 elevators are needed to serve the people who 

 will occupy the building, what heat is most 

 effective and economical, and how much win- 

 dow space is necessary to give proper light. He 

 must be able to estimate exactly how much 

 strength is required at each point, and know 

 how to gain this strength with the least cost. 

 Houses. "Home," said Pliny, "is where the 

 heart is." A home, then, more than any other 

 structure, should be harmonious. It should be 

 pleasing to the eye, both inside and out, and 

 give to its folk that comfort which will make 

 it, to quote the poet, James Montgomery 



"the spot of earth supremely blest, 



A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest." 



COMFORTABLE, BUT UNATTRACTIVE 

 A house an owner would probably design for 

 himself. 



PLEASING TO THE EYE 

 The architect would design a home something 

 like this. 



