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 196
15)these outlines, emphasizing the subdivisions, work togetherto indicate the ratios between horizontal and verticalmeasurements in facades as wholes. In Fig. 77, page 1 50,the square formed by all of the building that is under the PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE. *59 string-course immediately above the… … FIG. 84.—ST. SULPICE MODIFIED.See page 161. plied by 3 give 6 parts for the whole square; and the 3of the two heights multiplied by 2 also give 6 for thewhole. This equality of results suggests another reasonwhy this space below the third storey seems, as said on l6o PROPORTION AND HARMONY. page…
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