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 235
n the narrow-ness of the towers, which has no likeness in the broadnessof the central motive. It might be possible to establish a very passable relationof similarity between the dimensions of these towers and ofthe whole first story front below the stringcourse; but sucha suspected harmony is… … Fig. 152. Modification of Fig. 151 toa definite motive of twoprimary masses with an appen-dage. with an immediate improvement in effect. The towers are: a little and the portico removed, bringing towers and first story into some approachto proportion. The towers arelined across by a moulding…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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