Jackson, Frank G · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 45
, the pointsso determined may be joined by straight lines toform a hexagon and two equilateral triangles. Enu-merate the elements and principles of ornament whichthe construction of the figure would or might be madeto illustrate. Looking at the figure carefully, it will be foundthat it yields five… … PRINCIPLES RE-STATED, 3* of the two large equilateral triangles, and the chordin its relation to the arc of the surrounding circle ;the lines a, b, c, d, starting from o, illustrate theprinciple of radiation ; while the entire figure isperfectly symmetrical. CHAPTER II. LINEAR ORNAMENT. It has been…
Decoration and ornament
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