Talk:Colen Campbell

Translation?
"Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect..." would this not translate to "the British Vitruvius"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Granite07 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Removal of "neo-" prefix to Palladian.
Since Palladian architecture is a style based on the work of Palladio, isn't Campbell's work Palladian architecture, rather than neo-Palladian architecture? Surly the "neo-" is superfluous? The opening sentence of the relevant page says ″Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture derived from and inspired by the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580).″ DoctorDaveF (talk) 13:46, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Note on Italian architecture
I deleted the following text added by 82.31.165.209. We don't use "NB" for footnotes and it's not clear if the conclusion is original research, as no page number is given in the referenced book. Someone with greater subject knowledge than I may wish to reinstate it. --Wire723 (talk) 18:12, 3 December 2019 (UTC)


 * NB


 * Colen Campbell writing in 1715 declared the Italians had lost all taste for architecture in the pursuit of capricious novelties. Borromini was basest of all ,"He had endeavoured to debauch Mankind with his odd and chimerical beauties, where the parts are without proportion, Solids without their true Bearing, Heaps of materials without strength, excessive ornamentation without grace,and the whole without symmetry." "The foundations of architecture were in antiquity and the classical expositor of antiquity was Vitruvius; Vitruvius had found a modern interpreter of genius in Palladio; in England one architect and one only had understood this : Inigo Jones. "


 * So there was a triple loyalty Vitruvius - Palladio - Jones.
 * Reference: John Summerson The C18th Europe in the Age of Enlightenment