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 110
FIQ. 29.—PALACE OF JUSTICE, AT LYONS, FRANCE.See pages 87, 96, 261. In architecture, it is possible for one subordinate featureto complement the principal, as a wing, or porch, or doorat one side of a house balances the whole facade of thebuilding to which it is attached (Fig. 28, page 84) ; or as … 7 rt < m > 0) V OJ Ul X! BALANCE IN ARCHITECTURE. 87 a tower at one side or corner offsets the body of a church(Fig. 97, page 292); or as a dome completes that which sup-ports it (Fig. 23, page 78). With exception of the dome,however, such arrangements are in place mainly in smallerbuildings…
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