The Architectural Magazine, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834 |
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... Composition , in Archi- tecture , which are acknowledged to be common to all the Fine Arts On those Principles of Composition , in Architec- ture , which are common to all the Fine Arts : - Sect . 1. Forms , Lines , Lights , Shades ...
... Composition , in Archi- tecture , which are acknowledged to be common to all the Fine Arts On those Principles of Composition , in Architec- ture , which are common to all the Fine Arts : - Sect . 1. Forms , Lines , Lights , Shades ...
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... composition . All men born with the ordinary condition of the human faculties are naturally endowed with taste ; that is , they have a predominant feeling for some one particular class of objects or pursuits : one boy has a facility in ...
... composition . All men born with the ordinary condition of the human faculties are naturally endowed with taste ; that is , they have a predominant feeling for some one particular class of objects or pursuits : one boy has a facility in ...
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... composition of lines and forms , whether of nature or of art . This has not hitherto been done in any publication addressed to the general reader ; and , in attempting it , we think we shall be rendering very essential service to young ...
... composition of lines and forms , whether of nature or of art . This has not hitherto been done in any publication addressed to the general reader ; and , in attempting it , we think we shall be rendering very essential service to young ...
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... composition in the excess of his abhorrence for what he considers clumsy forms of moulding and enrichment- too often content to make the elegance of parts an apology for a spiritless whole . A more comprehensive and unprejudiced view of ...
... composition in the excess of his abhorrence for what he considers clumsy forms of moulding and enrichment- too often content to make the elegance of parts an apology for a spiritless whole . A more comprehensive and unprejudiced view of ...
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... composition , we have only to refer to the remains of Egyptian monuments as the most venerable for remote antiquity ; remains which , while they display the exem- plars of classic taste , afford a grand picture of the power of art ...
... composition , we have only to refer to the remains of Egyptian monuments as the most venerable for remote antiquity ; remains which , while they display the exem- plars of classic taste , afford a grand picture of the power of art ...
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