Proportion and harmony of line and color in painting, sculpture, and architecture : an essay in comparative æsthetics (1899)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 190
ed to judgments formed of proportion. Critics gener-ally start, rather than end, by saying that the height ofthe Parthenon is to its breadth as 9: 14. But it is a ques-tion whether the mind, however rapidly it works, does notdraw its conclusions from a comprehensive glance, first,at details. Look,… … FIQ. 79.ARCH OF AUGUSTUS AT AOSTA. See pages 152, 163. FIQ. 80. TEMPLE OF THEMIS AT RHAMNUS. See pages 152, 154, 163, 164, 168, 175. exclusive of the finial at the extreme top of the spires,is equal to that of six storeys. As a fact, each storey isslightly less in height than the storey under it,…
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