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 164
s shown in diagram (Fig. 98, a) of direct proportionbetween mass and link; while in the latter no relations ofsimilarity are traceable between the corresponding parts,much to the detriment of the appearance. This lack of proportion has the effect of making the linksubordinate in height, indeed, but… … Fig. 103.Cathedral, Marseilles. Disproportion between masses andlink. ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION taintv as tn which is meani to be subordinate to the other, and this is one reason why the modern design is inferior to the mediaeval. Volumes might be occupied with the comparison and analysis of such…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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