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 262
h the others do not, attained by putting like with like.All the best Greek buildings show similar effects, and why ?Because the Greek lived near to nature. His buildingsemphasized corresponding measurements for the samereason as the card houses of a child. The Greek carriedout the instinctive… … FIG. 100.—ST. PAULS, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.See page 224. in the following chapters. Only much later did this endabsorb the whole interest of builders, as it has thatof modern students who have examined their works, andthus divert attention from more important matters onaccount of which alone these…
Aesthetics · Proportion (Art) · Color
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