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 283
wn-ward, and toward the extreme right. A single cross linemight not have had this effect, but the emphasis impartedby the repetition of the lines, forces it upon the mind.The result is that both horizontal lines—the one appear-ing to the eye as it would if the centre of the field ofsight were above… … 106.—OPTICAL ILLUSIONS WITH THREE PARALLEL HORIZONTAL LINES.See pages 242, 243. which each line appears related to a central point, theexact position of which central point is determined bythe resultant effects of each horizontal line together withthe vertically directed lines crossing it. The…
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