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 ELEMENTARY HISTORY OE ART PAET I. ARCHITECTURE. Inteoductiots t. ARCHITECTURE takes rank among the fine arts only when it combines beauty and grace together with utility. Thus we find that a merely utilitarian building does not come within the realm of art. It is only when something more has been done than the carry- ing out of the mechanical principles of construction, that a building can be called a work of art. It is principally in temples, monuments, and other public buildings that we see both the artistic and scientific principles of archi- tecture applied. But a private residence may be raised to a work of art by a proper arrangement of the ground- plan, by judicious treatment of materials, and a careful attention to the laws of beauty. EHA B