ABSTRACT
What of general aesthetic interest and significance can be said about the appreciation of architecture, an art marked by works, movements, traditions, and theories possibly more diverse than those of any other major art form? Perhaps preliminary progress is best made only by noting some obvious ways in which architecture as an art differs from many other forms. These differences mean that the aesthetic appreciation of architecture poses certain challenges not typically present in the appreciation of other arts. Such challenges not only shape the nature of appropriate appreciation of works of architecture, but also help to make such appreciation especially rewarding.
