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 232
third. From an-other point ofview the compo-sition appears tobe a vertical one, as it is cut vertically into various parts,marked strongly enough to constitute a primarily verticalcomposition, if they were not contradicted by the stronghorizontal cornices. The fundamental error is here touched,in… … Fig- 15!• Ring Theatre, Vienna. All the parts are contradictory ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION been so marked; or rather should not have occurred at all,nor should the twin tower-like treatment of the front havebeen attempted; if vertical, the vertical breaks should havebeen more strongly marked; the…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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