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 177
Fig. 113. Roofs of taller and narrower parts,as the attached turrets, should them-selves be taller and narrower relatively. ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION where the pitch is relatively steeper, it lo< >ks about the same,until we examine it critically, when we see the difference.Often the pitch of… … Fig. 114.St. Pauls Cathedral, London. is parallel toa diagonal of the whole front, or of some impor-tant horizontal division of the front. In St. Pauls, London (Fig. 114), the pitch of the centralpediment is exactly parallel to the diagonal of the secondorder of columns, and very closely to that of…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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