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Line & form (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 140

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by the long vertical lines of the sunk panels upontheir sides. I n chlirch doorways we may see certain voussoirsof the arch allowed to project from the hollow of 120 VALUE OF RECURRING LINEthe concave moulding, and their surfaces carvedinto bosses of ornament ; while, again, the doorway … is emphasized by the recurring lines of the mould-ings, with their contrasting planes of light andshadow, and the point of their spring is marked 121 VALUE OF RECURRING LINEby a carved lion, controlled in the design of itscontour by tlie squareness of the block of stoneupon which it is carved (see…

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