ABSTRACT
Accepting that there is such a thing as what is called internal design in general, I propose a definition for it. This is because it is logical that once one has explained the meaning of a word, one then passes onto the essence of the thing. And, basically, I say that design is not material, it is not body-like, but it is rather without any substance whatsoever. It is, in fact, form, idea, order, rule, state and object of the intellect, the stuff which intentions are made, and which is also to be found in all external things, whether divine or human. Following the doctrine of the philosophers, I declare that internal design in general is an Idea that forms representations expressly and distinctly in the intellect of the intended thing that is, also, an integral part of the intellect. And in order to better understand this definition, one must observe that there are two kinds of operations, one external, that involves drawing, forming, painting, sculpting, making. And the other internal, that involves intention and will. And as it is necessary that all the external operations have a term to describe them, in order to be understood and perfect, that is the thing operated on, as in drawing and painting end up in a made and coloured thing. Sculpture yields the Colossus; architecture yields the Palazzo, the Temple or the theatre. In this way it is necessary for the internal operation to have a product in order to be complete and perfect . . . Design is a known thing and object, in which the intellect knows what things are represented in it.
