The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture (1910)
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Rochester, N. Y., The Manas press · leaf 60
eir likeness to a man isnot infrequently enhancedby a certain identity ofproportion: of ratio, thatis, of height to width—Giottos beautiful tower w,^^-^,^, _,._^ , is an example. The THgVEjIGArWCLf ANDTHEPI.ANCFCHAErEEJ .-j • —- I caryatid is a supportmg ^^ member in the form of a woman; in the… … 54 THE BEAUTIFUL NECESSITY IV unmistakably masculine: the ratio of their breadth to their height is theratio of the breadth to the height of a man (Illustration 40). At certain periods of the worlds history, periods of mystical enlighten-ment, men have been wont to use the human figure, the souls…
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