On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes (1858)
Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797-1875 · London : J. Murray · leaf 229
hedeformities we are daily condemned to behold in our build-ings, vases, and articles of ornament and use. It is true thatno one can expect general rules to be laid down for the pro-portion of all objects; the instances of the snake, the horse,and others, suffice to show that this is impossible;… … 206 ON TASTE IN ORNAMENTAL DESIGN. Part II. on which it depends. Thus, Mr. Lane has found that the bestproportioned Saracenic domes are those in which the heightand breadth are described upon a circle. Two lines are then let/^ \ fall perpendicular to the two opposite edges of the circle, to form…
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