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 138
t is the basement that is subordinate, with a con-siderably higher main storyabove,as in Fig. 82,and thisis frequently carried to ex-tremes, especially in build-ings of the vertical type,where the horizontal base-ment, marked by a not tooprominent line of mould-ing, seems to bind the wholetogether,… … Fig. 82. Louvre, Paris. Horizontal division into two unequalparts, of which the upper is greater. ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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