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 79
y belarge enough to figurein the composition asone of the leadingndary masses; or a dormer may be of that intermediatesize that makes it doubtful whether it should be ranked as adetail or a secondary mass. And sometimes an object maybe found which fulfils a double purpose, which is secondary in one… … Fig. 34-ndary mass with appendages. VIII PRIMARY MASSES IN addition to the qualities that we have already noted,the unity of an architectural composition depends uponthe number of the primary masses that form the bulk of thebuilding. It is unnecessary to dwell upon the undisputed fact thata…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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