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 162
s instance, the mass and appendages are propor-tionate in one ratio, the roofs in a second, and the windowsin still a third. An example of classic reputation, the Villa Medici, isshown in Fig. 100. Here, again, the mass and appendages aresquares, as in the previous case. And not only this, but… … Fig. ioo.Villa Medici. Mass and appendages are proportionate, beingapproximately squares. arch over the en-trance are squares,and so are those be-tween the windowsabove, those belowthe third-story win-dows of the appen-dages, and those up-on the anomalouspavilions or towersthat stand upon…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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