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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] folie, from Anglo-French, from fol  fool

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] folie, from Anglo-French, from fol  fool

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : lack of [[good]] sense or [[normal]] prudence and [[foresight]]

*1 : lack of [[good]] sense or [[normal]] prudence and [[foresight]]

*5 : an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste

*5 : an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste

==Description==

==Description==

In [[architecture]], a '''folly''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building building] actually constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its [[appearance]] some other [[purpose]], or merely so extravagant that it [[transcends]] the [[normal]] range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs. In the [[original]] use of the [[word]], these buildings had no other use, but from the 19-20th centuries the term was also applied to highly decorative buildings which had secondary [[practical]] [[functions]] such as housing, sheltering or [[business]] use.  In the 18th century [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_gardens English gardens] and French landscape gardening often featured [[Roman]] [[temples]], which [[symbolized]] [[classical]] [[virtues]] or [[ideals]]. Other 18th century garden follies represented Chinese temples, Egyptian pyramids, ruined abbeys, or Tatar tents, to [[represent]] [[different]] continents or historical eras. Sometimes they [[represented]] rustic villages, mills and cottages, to [[symbolize]] rural [[virtues]].

In [[architecture]], a '''folly''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building building] actually constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its [[appearance]] some other [[purpose]], or merely so extravagant that it [[transcends]] the [[normal]] range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs. In the [[original]] use of the [[word]], these buildings had no other use, but from the 19-20th centuries the term was also applied to highly decorative buildings which had secondary [[practical]] [[functions]] such as housing, sheltering or [[business]] use.  In the 18th century [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_gardens English gardens] and French landscape gardening often featured [[Roman]] [[temples]], which [[symbolized]] [[classical]] [[virtues]] or [[ideals]]. Other 18th century garden follies represented Chinese temples, Egyptian pyramids, ruined abbeys, or Tatar tents, to [[represent]] [[different]] continents or historical eras. Sometimes they [[represented]] rustic villages, mills and cottages, to [[symbolize]] rural [[virtues]].

==Characteristics==

==Characteristics==

The [[concept]] of the folly is somewhat [[ambiguous]], but they generally have the following properties:

The [[concept]] of the folly is somewhat [[ambiguous]], but they generally have the following properties:

* They are [[purpose]]-built. Follies are deliberately built as ornaments.

* They are [[purpose]]-built. Follies are deliberately built as ornaments.

* They are often [[eccentric]] in [[design]] or construction. This is not strictly [[necessary]]; however, it is common for these [[structures]] to call [[attention]] to themselves through unusual details or [[form]].

* They are often [[eccentric]] in [[design]] or construction. This is not strictly [[necessary]]; however, it is common for these [[structures]] to call [[attention]] to themselves through unusual details or [[form]].

* There is often an element of fakery in their construction. The [[canonical]] example of this is the sham ruin: a folly which pretends to be the remains of an old building but which was in fact constructed in that state.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly]

* There is often an element of fakery in their construction. The [[canonical]] example of this is the sham ruin: a folly which pretends to be the remains of an old building but which was in fact constructed in that state.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly]

[[Category: Architecture]]

[[Category: Architecture]]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]