The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics (1809)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 · London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ... · leaf 416
erent masses, so well ar-ranged, that it exhibits a pleasingvariety without destroying the ideaof a whole, and by having happilyconnected the two principal sides,by introducing the form of a Gre-cian temple in the angle. It is tobe observed, that the capital andbases of the columns have… … r H RETROSPECT OF POLITICS. ing a circular figure to the temple,the abrupt transition from light toshadow is prevented. The effectvaries, without being too muchbroken, and the spectator is ledinsensibly to the different sides ofthe building by happy transitions,possessing; as much diversity as…
Fashion · Art, Decorative
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