Theory and analysis of ornament applied to the work of elementary and technical schools (1892)
Schauermann, François Louis · London, S. Low, Marston · leaf 71
Theory and Analysis of Ornament, 59 method, for we have immediate perception of linear and uniform extent, as the unnecessary aid to the true artist. This is also artificial when applied to the angle, yet it has the advantage of placing before the eye the essential quality of the angle, that is,… … Fig. 12. the declination of the space is continued, i.e. uni- lateral or collateral. CHAPTER II. GENERATION OE THE FUNDAMENTAL PLANE SURFACES. 68. The architectural unity of appreciation of plane surfaces is the circle, where the extension goes round an actual or vertical point. The extension of…
Decoration and ornament
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