Decorum has derived from the French word and by time to décorer to decorate. Decorum from the Latin: "right, proper" was a principle of classical rhetoric, poetry and theatrical theory that was about the fitness or otherwise of a style to a theatrical subject. The concept of decorum is also applied to prescribed limits of appropriate social behaviour within set situations. In Literature: The concept of literary propriety, in its simplest stage of development was outlined by Aristotle. In literary style, the appropriate rendering of a character, action speech or scene. In Architecture: Appropriateness and the suitability of a building’s design and was a commonplace principle of architectural theory from the Renaissance …show more content…
Ancient Egyptians believed the number 7 was sacred, and researchers associated the number 7 with the shape of the pyramid. The base of a pyramid is a square (4 sides) and the face of a pyramid is a triangle (3 sides) it represents the sacred number 7, that symbolizes the unity between the material world (4) and the spiritual world (3). Number seven in personalities means Loner, Thoughtful, Spiritual, anti-social, silent, which exactly describes the pyramid environment! Yet, this number is connected to a lot of things in the world, like in Qur’an or Bible! Seven lands and seven skies!
Conclusion:
o Decorum as a language like a language of programming. So, an Architect can write his own project according to decorum as a language!
o Decorum has three important points:
• The object itself
• The Environment applying to it
• What do you need it for! As an application.
o An Architect does not need to know what decorum is or how to apply it, as it is not something that you can follow, but as a language you can speak with, as what happened in Pharaoh’s Age and they did not have this idiom