The genesis of art-form; an essay in comparative æsthetics showing the identity of the sources, methods, and effects of composition in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture (1893)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 103
n the formercase, they seem to fulfil the requirements of balance,or to have equilibrium, whenever the lower objectappears larger and therefore stronger than the upper,—a condition which we have all seen carried out in theincreased size given to the base of a monument. Seestatues in Fig. 41, page… … FIQ. 24.—A TWIN VILLA.See pages 77, 78, 79, 123, 124, 187. the same level horizontally, as they would be if floatingin the water, lodged on the ground, or suspended, whenof equal weight, in scales. Sometimes two factors thus balanced include all thatan art-form contains; and this, of itself, is…
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