Art culture: a hand-book of art technicalities and criticisms (1873)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Platt, W. H. (William Henry), 1821-1898 · New York : Wiley · leaf 515
agreeable, but necessary. Thus, inFig. 7, the number of objects, forming the line of beauty,is j^ervaded by one simple energy; but in Fig. 8 thatenergy is separately manifested in each, and the result ispainful monotony. Parallel right lines, without grouping,are always liable to this objection;… … FifJ. 7.—Harmony of Contrast. hills. If none of these interruptions take place, there isimmediate monotony, and no introduction can be more THE SCHOOLS OF AKCHITECTUKE. 439 delightful than such a tower in the distance as Strasburg,or, indeed, than any architectural combination of verticals.
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