114 ARCHITECTURE BOOK I. 



CHAPTER VII. 



OF STYLES COMPOSED BOTH OF GRECIAN AND GOTHIC 

 ARCHITECTURE. 



Having now considered the different styles of Grecian and 

 Gothic architecture separately, a few remarks must be made on 

 mixing and blending them in the same building. 



SECTION I. OF MIXING THEM. 



W hen the style of the general masses of a building is pure 

 Grecian, appendages in the Gothic style can never be admis- 

 sible, except on the supposition that the whole has been built 

 at different periods. Should this be the case, the general effect 

 produced may be good ; as the effect of time in producing 

 mosses and weatherstains will serve to harmonize what would 

 present too strong a contrast when new. It is affirmed by 

 some, that mixtures* of this kind have a good effect in Italy ; 



* It cannot be doubted, that the first attempts of this nature must have been the 

 effect of necessity, and that they were afterwards imitated from a reverence to 

 antiquity. 



