An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1039
disign, or to have reduced the apjilication of it to any tangibleshape—The theory is that the several iiarts of a perfect building must be in cert;iin^relative jiroportions to each other,—so tliat all parts may be brought into an eritire and^unmistakable harmony with each other,—lience it is not a… … Fig. 12C0. W/UPENr-LllY ClllKCH. Chap. IV. TROrORTIONS OF MOULDINGS. 1019 of beauty, nor if the same exactncsi of proportion of equal importance as in an ecclesiasticalbuilding, win-re every line ought to be in its proper place, and every form distinctly markedto convey an idea of perfection. In…
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