This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...but with uniformity our interest ceases. Even uniformity though, as a relative factor, may be well justified. In B there is variety; but we are troubled by a lack of clearness. It is almost, though not quite, a square. It was said that a design must be clear and coherent in expresssion. In practice this also may be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...but with uniformity our interest ceases. Even uniformity though, as a relative factor, may be well justified. In B there is variety; but we are troubled by a lack of clearness. It is almost, though not quite, a square. It was said that a design must be clear and coherent in expresssion. In practice this also may be justified; as, for instance, in Plate 20 one surely has no desire to attempt an improvement upon this weaver's idea. In C (Figure 60) the square is doubled, giving an agreement of terms that is obvious. Continuing to D are proportions more subtle, though bound together by a dominant unit of measure, " the rhythmic half." One half of the end goes three times in the side. Considering these four sketches in the abstract, it may be said that D excites our interest more and holds it longer than the others; it is clear without being too obvious; it is a harmony of contrasts. Suppose we wish to break this rectangle into space divisions. In we approach uniformity again with a consequent loss of interest. In F is a more interesting breaking that gives unequal but related areas. With the next step, G, the line of safety has been overstepped; the divisions are not only unequal, but are unrelated as well. In H there is a return to a sane expression of the idea, continued through further subdivisions in the final sketch. Note the subtle relations of line and space in the old Korean cabinet shown in the same figure. There is no possible element of chance in it; the designer has achieved beauty through a thoughtful adjustment of proportions. Carry the principle into the setting out of the end of a room; if more thought were given this subject, architects might find more appreciative clients. The question pursues us to the last scrap of ornament...
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Good (Ex-library with sticker on the spine and front cover and to rear pastedown, bookplate ifc and stamp to ffep; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly toned and foxed/smudged; textblock is cracked; rear cover hinge is... Brown cloth over boards with black lettering and illustration; xx, 271 pp.; richly illustrated. Originally printed in 1910. Chapters include an Introduction; The utilitarian basis; Elementary aesthetic principles; Constructive designing; Materials; Tools and processes; Refinement of proportions; The play impulse; The idea and nature; From the parts to the whole; From the whole to the parts; Lines of study; and Conclusion, along with lists of plates and illustrations.
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