In our idealised Xanadu, and where is it written in stone that we shouldn't be pursuing the highest of ideals, the surplus profits of labour, instead of being channelled towards research into improvements that aren't intrinsically necessary and advertising that subsequently tries to convince us that they are, that these surplus profit are instead directed towards the alleviation of our outstanding social problems. The general uplifting tide of good-feeling produced by such a more rational, humane...

Introduction

The Renaissance marked an intriguing resurrection of the Classical unseen since the disintegration of the Roman Empire through combining art and architecture. Generally speaking, the modus-operandi of Renaissance urban construction was focused upon the aesthetical side of architecture and it orbited around two major characteristics. These were the depiction of art with a manifestation of perspective with a prominent three-dimensional standpoint instead of a mundane...