The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating (1851)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 · New York : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut-Street · leaf 381
.Notwithstanding the great variety of forms in the windowsintroduced—a variety which denotes different uses in variousapartments—the predominance of the round arch in themajority of the leading apertures, whether in windows, doors, 318 COUNTRY nOUSES. or verandas, restores harmony throughout the… … [Fig. 144. Principal Floor.] derived from harmony growing out of variety, is as much greaterthan that arising from uniformity and simplicity, in architecture,as in music, where the first may be illustrated by one of Beetho-vens symphonies, and the last by the simple melody of a ballad DESIGNS FOR…
Architecture, Domestic
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