Architectural composition : an attempt to order and phrase ideas which hitherto have been only felt by the instinctive taste of designers (1908)
Robinson, John Beverley, 1853- · New York : Van Nostrand · leaf 113
t we have spokenof as the characteristic indi-vidual shape. Observe hownaturally the group of threeat a, Fig. 66, fits into the tri-angular gable, the tendencyto make the central one ofa group of three the largesthaving much in commonwith the pyramidal senti-ment ; while a single one (6)will do… … Fig. 66. Adaptation of individual groups ofto primary m.-iss of individual form. SECONDARY MASSES 97 page of continuity, a sense of sudden interruption, somewhat,analogous to the feeling that is produced by a missing one ina row of objects. Why it is that a continuous arrangement of primarymasses…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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