Kelley, Charles Fabens, 1885-, Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), Mowll, William Luther, joint author · Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 22
to the right instead of the left, or vice versa. If, now, 6 THE THEORY OF DESIGN this repetition were rhythmic, as rhythm is here defined,the eye would be forced to move to the right or left, upor down, involuntarily. Bare repetition is not necessarilyrhythmic. Rhythm conveys the idea of motion to… … Fig. 1. EGG AND DART MOLDING changing curve or a continually developing figure. In aregular repetition of unbalanced units there is the idea ofmotion in one direction. The result is a rhythmic sequenceor rhythm. As commonly understood, rhythm is a vagueterm, and it must be limited here. By rhythm…
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