Beauty & ugliness : and other studies in psychological aesthetics (1912)
Lee, Vernon, 1856-1935, Anstruther-Thomson, Clementina · London : Lane · leaf 64
mass is directedby the corners inwards; it is concentrated in the nucleus of the columnand held in check by the boundaries of the nucleus. By this meansthe whole outer boundary or boundary of the whole is unburdened.Its enclosing activity is an easier, securer one, and less threatened by the * I… … ANTHROPOMORPHIC ESTHETICS 43 counteraction from within. At the same time, the vertical actionin the ribs or sharp edges of the fluting, or of the boundary of thewhole which they determine, is less tense, has a more certain effectand is more reassuring. And inasmuch as the impression of the wholeis…
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