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, Sir, 1791-1863 · New York, Van Nostrand · leaf 202
ttic. The completed composition constitutes a singleprimary mass, with a secondary mass, the octagon bay,upon it, and with two asymmetrical appendages, the ex-tension and the veranda. Such a secondary mass may be set asymmetrically, as inthis case, or as the central feature: in either case, it is… … Fig. 131.Treatment with a single secondary mass. i88 ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION Thus in Fig. 132, a, the pedimented projection is un-satisfactory: it is either too large or not large enough. Itis too large for a secondary mass; the eye hesitates whether to regard it as primary and theparts on each…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc
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