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... square piers , and all the mouldings square and flat , still the Parthenon could not fait , from the mere disposition of its parts , to be a pleasing and imposing building . So it is with a Gothic cathedral . The proportion of length to ...
... square piers , and all the mouldings square and flat , still the Parthenon could not fait , from the mere disposition of its parts , to be a pleasing and imposing building . So it is with a Gothic cathedral . The proportion of length to ...
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... square parts ought always to be placed below , where strength is wanted , and the rounded above . If , for instance , a tower is to be built , the lower story should not only be square , but should be marked by buttresses or other ...
... square parts ought always to be placed below , where strength is wanted , and the rounded above . If , for instance , a tower is to be built , the lower story should not only be square , but should be marked by buttresses or other ...
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... square upper story is what almost no art could render tolérable , while the other pleases by its innate fitness without any extraordinary effort of design . On the other hand , round pillars are more pleasing as supports for a square ...
... square upper story is what almost no art could render tolérable , while the other pleases by its innate fitness without any extraordinary effort of design . On the other hand , round pillars are more pleasing as supports for a square ...
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... square root of its length . " Thus a room 20 feet square ought to be between 14 and 15 feet high ; if its length be increased to 40 feet , its height must be at least 16 ; if 100 , certainly not less than 20. If we pro- ceed further ...
... square root of its length . " Thus a room 20 feet square ought to be between 14 and 15 feet high ; if its length be increased to 40 feet , its height must be at least 16 ; if 100 , certainly not less than 20. If we pro- ceed further ...
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... square one , or practically ( owing to the perspective ) less than a square in length , in any direction at right angles to the line of vision ; or , in other words , to a spectator at a the building would look as if shorter in the ...
... square one , or practically ( owing to the perspective ) less than a square in length , in any direction at right angles to the line of vision ; or , in other words , to a spectator at a the building would look as if shorter in the ...
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