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Line & form (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 250

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his demandsa certain power of realizing the effect of certainlines and masses if carried out, and the relation ofone part to another as well as to the dimensionsof the walls and the room itself. Here, as indeedthroughout art, a reference to the human figurewill give us our key, since after all… … SCALE relation to the general character of a building andits purpose, the use and lighting of a living room :its dimensions and proportions, and relation toother rooms. There is great range for individualtaste and fancy. The artist would naturally look to the capacityof the space which he had to…

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