Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Chicago, Ill., Pub. for the Art Institute of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press · leaf 228
d triglyphs above. The balus-trade of a Renaissance colonnade repeats thecolonnade itself; the flanking domes of Brunelles-chis great dome of the cathedral of Florenceprepare the eye for the mighty upward sweep. The fifth principle to which I would directyour attention is not less obvious and… … O b THE LANGUAGE OF FORM intercolumniations, for example, when viewed inperspective become rhythmically unequal. Theydiminish as they recede from the eye, accord-ing to a mathematical law. This law is in theear itself; for any musical note dies away intoharmonics, each one fainter and higher than…
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