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 76
ain, the laws of perspective, in architecture, as inpainting and sculpture, give to large as contrasted withsmall size an effect of nearness. Massive outlines,therefore, in walls, pillars, ceilings, domes, spires, lessenour appreciation of their distance from us. It is safe tosay that, although… … FIG. 9--A SCENE IN THE WOODS.See pages 32, 73, 399. 34 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE.
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