American churches ... A series of authoritative articles on designing, planning, heating, ventilating, lighting and general equipment of churches as demonstrated by the best practice in the United States (1915)
Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Baker, James McFarlan · New York, The American architect · leaf 24
fec-tive of all asymmetric plans. It shouldbe remembered that all curves or bends inplan are seen by the eye as curves orbends in elevation* and that the amountof curve changes with the angle ofvision. Thus in any given church anycurve in plan produces an infinite varietyof curves in elevation from… … given and definite standpoint, accordingto the height to which the eye is directed.Moreover, the optical effect of any givencurve in plan, when seen below the levelof the eye, is opposed to the effect abovethe level of the eye.f Thus, the convex
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