Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 285
s of Japanese Fabrics. In Japanese temples I always observed this subtle relation otpart to part, and the consequent beauty of the temples as regardstheir quantities; and I think that any fixed proportion betweenthe diameter and the height of the column could not be invari-ably maintained, Japanese… … Fig. 104.—Diagram of Ornament in Gable.Showing the manner in which the proportion of its parts is determined. chiefly from below ; while the columns of those which are placedon level ground are in part hidden by overhanging roofs. Some,
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