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Din "The History of Architecture on the Comparative Method" de Sir Banister Fletcher:

"The late J. Addington Symonds well observed that Art is commonly evolved through three stages: (i) The ardent and inspired embodiment of a great idea - this gives strength and grandeur ; (2) the original inspiration tempered by increasing knowledge and a clearer appreciation of limits - the result being symmetry ; (3) ebbing inspiration, details being elaborated, and novelties introduced to make up for its loss - this occasions a brilliant but somewhat disproportioned style."