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 80
formersubject. In proportion, it is the apparent measurementsof certain divisions and subdivisions of objects that arecompared. As was said in the last chapter, these measure- PROPORTION MARKED BY LIKE SUBDIVISIONS. 39 ments could not be compared unless they were related toone another according to… … FIQ. 13.—CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BOSTON.See page 42. faces, or of different divisions of the same line or surface.Our task will evidently be easiest when the numbers aresmallest ; i. e., when the two lengths compared are as i:i,or are exactly alike. We see, therefore, why this rela-tionship…
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