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 277
H * < (// 236 PROPORTION AND HARMONY. way—the direction of lines that appear to him to be hori-zontal. Evidently, in the degree in which he gazes up-ward, each of these lines above him will describe moreand more of a curve. In Fig. 8r, page 155, the summits … FIQ. 103.—GREEK TEMPLE INSCRIBED IN CIRCLES REPRESENTING HORIZON LINES.See pages 234, 237, 239, 251, 255, 257, 258. of the two steeples are on a level. A line drawn from oneto the other is that which represents the horizontal; butnotice, if actually drawn between them, what a sharp curveit would…
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