Two thousand years ago Vitruvius exhorted architects with the following observation: In all matters, but particularly in architecture, there are these two points: the thing signified, and that which gives it significance. . . . it appears, then, that one who professes himself an architect should be well versed in both directions.
An edition of The anatomy of architecture
(1987)
The Anatomy of Architecture
Ontology and Metaphor in Batammaliba Architectural Expression
by Suzanne Preston Blier
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"Two thousand years ago Vitruvius exhorted architects with the following observation: In all matters, but particularly in architecture, there are these two points: the thing signified, and that which gives it significance. . . . it appears, then, that one who professes himself an architect should be well versed in both directions."
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