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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 200

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age 15)these outlines, emphasizing the subdivisions, work togetherto indicate the ratios betvv^een horizontal and verticalmeasurements in facades as wholes. In Fig. J], page 1 50,the square formed by all of the building that is under the PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE. I 59 String-course immediately… … FIQ. 84.—ST. SULPICE MODIFIED.See page 161. pHed by 3 give 6 parts for the whole square; and the 3of the two heights multipHed by 2 also give 6 for thewhole. This equality of results suggests another reasonwhy this space below the third storey seems, as said on l6o PROPORTION AND HARMONY. page 152,…

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