Excerpt from Proportion and Harmony of Line and Color: In Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture an Essay in Comparative ???sthetics Once more, artistic proportion is based in this volume, as all acknowledge rhythm to be, upon the principle of comparison. It is held that, fundamentally, measure ments go together because they appear to be exactly alike, that is, as I: I; and that the mind accepts the ratios of certain small numbers that are not alike, like or 2: 3, because it is able to recognize in the first that which ...
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Excerpt from Proportion and Harmony of Line and Color: In Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture an Essay in Comparative ???sthetics Once more, artistic proportion is based in this volume, as all acknowledge rhythm to be, upon the principle of comparison. It is held that, fundamentally, measure ments go together because they appear to be exactly alike, that is, as I: I; and that the mind accepts the ratios of certain small numbers that are not alike, like or 2: 3, because it is able to recognize in the first that which corresponds to I, and in the second that which corresponds to I I: I I I. Finally, connected with this, it is shown that as rhythm starts by putting together similar small parts such as feet and lines, and produces the general effect of the whole as a result of the combined effects of these parts, so does artistic proportion. For instance, the height Of the front Of the Parthenon is to its breadth as But we need not consider the architect as aiming primarily at this propor tion; or that it is any more than a secondary, though, Of course, a necessary result of the relations, the one to the other, of the different separate measurements put together in order to form the whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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