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 158
N 141 sonable approach to exactness. It is impossible to distin-guish without measurement whether such relations are ex-act or not. The second reason is that as the lines upon a front aremarked by shadows of greater or less breadth, it is as muchout of the question to insist upon precision of… … Fig. 96.Disproportionate gables. harmonics that intermingle, so far from displeasing, giveto each instrument the character of tone that distinguishesit; so in linear composition, trifling discrepancies give zestand prevent satiety. Viewed in this way, proportion is seen to be closely con-nected…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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