A Word for Architecture 



tion of rough stones covered with vines ? Of 

 course I do not want to draw too close a 

 comparison. A park is not a temple-enclos- 

 ure ; the landscape near Athens is not like 

 the landscape near Boston ; and he who 

 looks from the Acropolis toward Salamis is 

 not in the same mood as he who stands on 

 a picturesque height and looks over ^Massa- 

 chusetts fields and hills. But when a rule 

 in art is fundamental, it holds good for 

 broad application in all parts of the world 

 and in all kinds of work. I think it is a 

 fundamental rule that, while the art which 

 really conceals art may be great, the art 

 which tries to conceal what cannot be con- 

 cealed is ahvays mistaken. And architect- 

 ural features cannot be concealed, cannot be 

 made to look naturalistic, as may an artist's 

 manipulation of ground-surfaces, water-bor- 

 ders, and plantations. 



Even for bridges rough, unhewn stones 

 are nov\- often used, and in bridges they are 

 particularly inappropriate. How can an 

 arch look well when it does not look stable? 

 And how can it look stable when its vous- 



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