Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 47
TARY by its character, will govern and define the method ofspacing subdivisions, inasmuch as one division must belarger or more prominent than any of the others, andalso it must be the first or principal echo of the generaloutline, while the smaller subdivisions will be echoesnecessarily fainter,… … for decoration. The lines of subdivision are drawnacross the object at those points of height where thetransition of curve is most apparent in the outline, anda proper expression of binding strength is thereby im-parted (Fig. 68). We have in Fig. 69 three examples of drinking-glasses ;it will be…
Decoration and ornament
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