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London, England, 1817-03-07 00:00:00

ROTAL ACADEMY,

Last night Mr. SCAM' delivered his third Lecture
upon the Principles of Architecture, at the Royal
Academy. He commenct.l by giving an acctirote
and detaila description of several of the Orders of
Architecture, as laid down by VITRUVIt" and parti-,
colarly adverted to the component parts of the Tit.-
can Order, shich he illustrated by a reference to the
architecture of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, 4ild
other edifices. He particularly described the Areit of
Titus, at Rome, and explained the circumstance which
led to its erection—namely. the visit at Taus to Je-
rusalem, and his destruction of the Temple •tf Solo-
mon. The opportunities of this visit were preserved,
and A new Order, called the Composite, or Roman,
was brought back, and generally adopted in public
'edifices, as embodying the beauties of the old Orders;
whereas, in fact, it departed from them, and, live
others, only deviated from the capital of the Corin-
thian Order by the clumsiness of its parts. The Pro.
lessor, with great force. reviewed the modern Orders
of Architecture ; sod with a free and bold judgment
touched upon the gross and glaring imperfections of
the fashions of the day. He was particularly severe
upon the visionary taste and style which predominated
in the reign of Louis XIV. and which, as he observed.
was not confined ti France. He also reviewed the
systems of Mr. Amon and Monsieur LA Room, and
treated with an indulgent hand the errors which were
intermixed with much information. Mr. SOARS paid
little deference to the Fren:h author. who conceived
be had made; discovery by capping a column with the
figure of the ostrich feather gained by the Prince of
Vs'auts et the battle of Cressy, and which the author
contrived was a unique discovery, the proportional
brainy of which the ancients had failed to discover.
The Freed author conceived his discovery new in
all its parts, and entirely unknown to the Ancients.
This affectation of the suxlern artist over the ancient.
Mr. Seams eloquently exposed, by applying to it• the
poetical language of our peat dramatist, that beture
such pretensious were started, the candidate should
be able to

Oad refined gold, to wain the my,
" Throw perfume tak the viokt."
This pointed and apposite quotation excited some
partial disapprobation among the students, when Mr.
Soatte with great propriety obxerveJ, that an making
the allusion, Ise rather 'might to excite the emulation
of the students than to cramp their unJoebted ester.
gies. The Learned Lecturer them entered into an
elaborate description of the Greek style of Architec-
ture, oad described the Greek Temples at Mcmphis,
Paletyre, 13albec, and other plac. s. He explained
the classification of the arrangement male by the an-
cients for placing the mottles of Jupiter, Jim, Abr.
mu, Batumi, Pouts, &c which were placeJ accord-
ing to the distinct character of each. rite same classic
turn of arrangement WAS observable in the whole
style of the Atehitteture of the Ancients, whether
public or private; in tact, tr.is system conttitutscl
what might be called the Costume of Painting. The
Professor strongly condemned the strange adnsiztute
Clot prevailed in the works of Maticlii ArCilitc.TtS
eminent talent; for instance, the Venetian screen;
that were intro.loweJ in tte Gutlic Catheerals of
, INtoo JONIet and Sir ettnt.romett Wuta--an admix-
lure that was more discor.!ant than the Rom.tn and
Grecian Arc'sitectore in the pictures of CLAUDE and
Povssizi, for there picturesque effect WAS sometimes
produced which redeemed the error. He adverted,•
as happe specimens of the historic style In painting,
Ito the celebrated production of Regul'ut, by Mr. Pre.
s•deut Wgirl, in which the architecture of the scenery
lead admitabletrouping of the subject conveyed
full idea Of the scene wild) it was the objrct of the
artist to represent. The Learned Professor Oman.
ded by giving an elaborate uncl technical descriptioa
of the different Orders et Architecture to whi:h
.dinout se apilzsl—The Lecture- colts was crowc ed.


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