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 223
,145,146 are shownthree buildingsillustrating thegrowth of two sec-ondary into twoprimary masses.In the first thereare two turrets,springing fromcorbelling nearerthe top than thebase of the rect-angular building on which they are placed. They are alto-gether secondary in character, their bulk so… … Fig. 145.Chateau he Chenonceaux. Although increased in size the two turrets are still secondary masses. FLEXIBILITY OF TYPES 207 takably secondary, and quite subordinate to the primarymass. Finally, at Fig. 146 the round towers have reached theirfull size and have in turn become primary masses, the…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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