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 212
dage. It is especially intended to illustrate the adaptability of anasymmetrical motive to a large and involved composition. ASYMMETRICAL COMPOSITION 195 At the right is the primary mass, with a long, straightridge, elaborated with a great tower, broad but low, toharmonize it with the general… … Fig- 137-House at Kansas City, Mo. A large and elaborate example of asymmetrical composition. it is really secondary may be tested by tracing the plate andomitting the tower, carrying the horizontal lines throughand substituting details, dormers, perhaps, and a chimney,where the tower was. It will…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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