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straightline. But take a rule and lay it on this profile, holding ittightly at the lower end. For a brief space it fits closely. Thena faint line of light comes through, then more and more, untilat the upper end it is nearly an inch from the marble. Theprofile is again seen to be a curve, and an… … Fig. 45. — Capital of Parthenon, show-ing Curve. 142 The Message of Greek Art aesthetic, to interpret or emphasize the perpendicular lines ofthe building by means of the sharp-edged lights and shadowsthus cast. As the columns are six feet in diameter at the baseand less than four feet at the top,…
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