Painting, sculpture and architecture as representative arts; an essay in comparative æsthetics (1895)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York [etc.] G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 371
FIQ. 177.—EXETER HALL.See pages 326, 330, 336. 328 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE. even where, from the inside, it is made to appear to besupported by wooded beams. In such cases, to onestanding under these beams it is essential that they seemat least large enough to sustain the weight that… … FIG. 178.—AN AMERICAN CHURCH.See pages 327, 330, 355. discomfort. For even though a man may be convincedthat the roof will not tumble, the slender support repre-sented by the beams will make him feel that, logically, itshould do so. Nor is it necessary, in order to experiencethis impression, that…
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