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 76
FIQ. 7.—KAFFIR STATION, AFRICA. See pages 40, 162. less, owing to the operations of the laws of perspective,fulfil them in this image. In short, as applied to propor-tion as to many other artistic features, a work of art, PROPORTION AND PERSPECTIVE. 35 whether a painting, a statue, or a building,… … FIQ. 8.-TYPE OF AN ASSYRIAN SQUARE.See pages 40, 43, 44, 162. Is it necessary to argue that this truth is not generallyrecognized ? When a man with a yardstick is measuring,close at hand, the parts of the Parthenon, then, accordingto the generally accepted representation, he is studyingproportion.…
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