Commoditie, Firmenes, and Delight. More prosaically, one would say today that architecture must satisfy its intended uses, must be technically sound, and must convey aesthetic meaning. But the best buildings are often so well constructed that they outlast their original use. They then survive not only as beautiful objects, but as documents of the history of cultures, achievements in architecture that testify to the nature of the society that produced them. These achievements are never wholly the work of individuals.
Architecture is a social art.
Virtual Library Architecture Collection of references to the electronic resources on architecture on the Internet. In the course of its history, Western painting has taken several major forms, involving distinctive media and techniques. The techniques employed in drawing, however, are basic to all painting, except perhaps the most recent avant-garde forms. Fresco painting , which reached its heights in the late Middle Ages and throughout the Renaissance, involves the application of paint to wet, or fresh plaster or to dry plaster. Tempera painting , another older form, involves the use of powdered pigments mixed with egg yolk applied to a prepared surface usually a wood panel covered with linen.