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. 1904 Excerpt: ...that may be easily seen at a glance. We are conscious that there is something pleasing about that simple border; and the designers of times past have likewise found it pleasing, for, far from being Greek, it may be said to be universal; it occurs again and again in work from such widely separated sources as China, Peru ...
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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. 1904 Excerpt: ...that may be easily seen at a glance. We are conscious that there is something pleasing about that simple border; and the designers of times past have likewise found it pleasing, for, far from being Greek, it may be said to be universal; it occurs again and again in work from such widely separated sources as China, Peru, Alaska, and Scandinavia. Nearly every nation has, sooner or later, invented that simple fret. Fig. 2 is another example of similar character; it is hardly necessary to point out the fact that a unit of measure exists. Examples might be repeated indefinitely, in architecture, textiles, furniture, pottery, etc., in which the various quantities or measures have been related by a common divisor. In making an alphabet, for instance, if the letters are to be of such character that they will go well together, there must be some unit of measure to govern the different proportions (Figs. 3, 4) Let us carefully examine two notable examples of measure harmony. The Greek vase in Plate XLVII has already been cited as an admirable specimen of a dominant shape. At the time, it was remarked that other desirable qualities could be found here, somewhat foreign to the work of our "china decorators" of to-day. A dominant measure has been used, as well as a dominant shape. The designer chose as an underlying form an ellipse in which the diameters bear the ratio of 2:3. Take one-half the short diameter as a unrf of measure and you will find that it goes three times in the height. It will be noted that a section of the ellipse has been cut off at the top by the mouth of the vase; but in order to retain his original proportions, the designer added this measure at the bottom as the height of his base. The half diameter occurs again as the width of this bas...
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