The things which are seen; a revaluation of the visual arts (1921)
Edwards, Arthur Trystan · London, P. Allan & co · leaf 169
re here (27 A) cuts the facadein two, but in 27 B it is big enough to dominateit, so the result is quite satisfactory. In 27 C,although the central feature is small in comparisonwith the length of the fagade, the duality isresolved because there are three pronouncedfeatures which together form a… … Fig. 28 illustrates six churches. A and B bothsuffer from the very great defect of having twovery prominent features, insufficiently unified. THE GRAMMAR OF DESIGN. 159 C is better because the spire behind provides athird element. This, however, is not big enoughto dominate the towers, but the…
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