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 288
ausing their apparently straight lines as they passedfrom corner to corner to describe a slight curve, orentasis as it is technically termed. Notice the effect, ex-actly corresponding to this, in the line at the side of theroof of the Maison Carree, as represented in Fig. 107,page 245, and Fig.… … fiq. 108.—photographic effect ca;,,,i.,_.See pages 239, 246, 249, 250, 251, 255, 258, OF CORNICE CURVE IN THE MAISONCARREE. ?47 248 PROPORTION AND HARMONY. out suggesting the feasibility of making any attempt toverify their statements. Determining to do this him-self, he went to Athens in 1837,…
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