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 325
295. mental object, avowedly not modelled after an appearancein nature, which the arts of all lands and races have united 284 PROPORTION AND HARMONY. in producing, is the vase; and this is almost invariablyconformed to vertical elliptic-lanceolate outlines. See Figs.117, page 283, and 118, page… … FIQ. 119.—BUILDING ENCLOSED BY CIRCLES.See page 284. the space enclosed between circles in the centre of Fig. 119,and even if the building be wide, the form preferred forthis is one containing at least a central part which, as inFig. 119, it is possible to enclose in such a space. Of course,there…
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