How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 142
le. You may carry theanalysis to almost any length, and it grows more surpris-ing as you proceed. These undoubtedly were some of the secrets of theearly lodges, held, in those times of popular ignorance, tobe of great import and value. And indeed they are stillof value to the architect, and are… … HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE and horizontal perspective was falsified, ordinary vaultsmade to seem immensely high and short naves longerthan they really were. These things involved the mostastonishing variations from the right angle and the straightline, imperceptible to all except the most persistent…
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