Proportion and harmony of line and color in painting, sculpture, and architecture; an essay in comparative aesthetics (1909)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 194
ed to judgments formed of proportion. Critics gener-ally start, rather than end, by saying that the height ofthe Parthenon is to its breadth as 9: 14. But it is a ques-tion whether the mind, however rapidly it works, does notdraw its conclusions from a comprehensive glance, first,at details. Look,… … FIG. 79.ARCH OF AUGUSTUS AT AOSTA. See pages 152, 163. FIG. 80. TEMPLE OF THEMIS AT RHAMNUS. See pages 152, 154, 163, 164, 168, 175- exclusive of the finial at the extreme top of the spires,is equal to that of six storeys. As a fact, each storey isslightly less in height than the storey under it,…
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