This Latin term for “beauty” (literally, the salient qualities possessed
by the goddess Venus) clearly implied a visual quality in architecture
that would arouse the emotion of love; but it is of interest to note
that one of the crucial aspects of this problem was already anticipated
by Alberti in the 15th century, as is made clear by his substitution of
the word
amoenitas...
britannica
Monday, 9 September 2013
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