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 519
^let fall the verticals ; make c y equal m n, the maximum ;and draw h f The curve should be so far continued astliat h /shall be to c d as c d to a h. Then Ave are sure ofa beautifully ^proportioned form. Much variety may beintroduced by using different curves; joining paraboleswith cycloids, etc.:… … maximum v 2^-, draw the horizontal r s, (observing to makethe largest maximum of this curve towards the smallest THE SCHOOLS OF AKCHITECTUBE. 443 maximum of the great curve, to restore the balance), joinT q, s h, and we have another modiiication of the samebeautiful form. This may be done in either…
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