 | George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1912 - 756 strani
...appearance of downward deflection, not to counteract it. Indeed, there is no doubt that these Greek refinements were modulations designed to please the eye by avoiding the inartistic effects which attend formal monotony in art; or to suggest and accent desirable effects ; or to avoid unpleasant... | |
 | William Henry Goodyear - 1912 - 264 strani
...errors about them which have been widely circulated, there is no doubt that in some cases (a) they were modulations designed to please the eye by avoiding the inartistic effects which attend formal monotony in art;fc that in other cases (b) they were modulations intended to suggest... | |
 | Charles Henry Caffin - 1919 - 678 strani
...strove to avoid — a sag downward from the ends. In this case they deliberately designed the facade to produce the effect. This explanation of optical...elasticity. They imparted to the structure something of the irregui A corresponding curvature in plan has also been discovered in Egyptian architecture, for example,... | |
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In this case they deliberately designed the fagade to produce the effect. This explanation of optical corrections, then, as well as others, have been proved erroneous by Professor William H. Goodyear, who has made a life-long study of the subject and... 