Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 33
and value of which it is impossible to lay too muchstress. To begin with the pediment. The main out-line is delicately emphasized by the mouldings of PARTHENON £AST£R/N PEdi^aEnt. sketch To5how relation of• LINES or 5cuLPruRETO ANCLE or PEDiriENT. … the edge, which also serve as a dripstone—thepractical origin, probably, of all mouldings. Thegroups of sculptured figures within the recess(which further serve to express the pitch of theroof) re-echo, informally, in the lines controllingtheir composition, as well as in the lines of limbs 12
Decoration and ornament
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