Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 159
onof force, movement, rest, as well as of facts of struc-ture and surface, let us see if we can trace the prin-ciple of harmonious composition, of which thesethings may be considered as parts. Look at any of the systems of line in the organicstructures of nature : the radiating ribs of the scal-lop… … PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL LINE INNATURAL FORMS.140 LINE IN ORGANIC FORMSin flowers and leaves ; the scales of a fish ; thescales of a pine-cone or an artichoke. We feelthat any of these combinations of lines are harmo-nious and beautiful, and we know that they areessential to the…
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