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 67
wer or spire that will not ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION compare in bulk may, by height alone, quite subordinatethe rest of the edifice aesthetically. In this way the Victoriatower, from must points of view, subordinates the West-minster Parliament Houses, as that of Madison SquareGarden, in New York,… … Fig- 25. The Taj Mahal. The minarets are subordinated by their slenderness. which, although of overtopping height, are subordinatedby their extreme slenderness. This method, however, isehiefly used where the motive is a continuous one, and SUBORDINATION 51 where variations in height would be…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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