A theory of pure design

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In this case the points are in a group and we have, as in Fig. 11, a Harmony of Distances from the premise-point “A.” We have also a Harmony of Intervals, the distances between...

In this case the changes of attitude suggest a falling movement to the right and down. In the regular progression of this movement through marked intervals we have the effect of...

82. The feeling of Rhythm may be induced by a regular diminution of measure or scale in the repetitions of the motive and in the intervals in which the repetitions take place.

The movement of Fig. 149 is here partly destroyed by an inversion and opposition of attitudes and directions. The movement is, on the whole, up, but it can hardly be described a...

There is another point which is illustrated in Fig. 193. It is this: that we may have rhythmic movement in an outline, or, indeed, in any composition of lines, which shows a gra...

128. It is evident that we have in black paint the least quantity of light which we can produce. Black is the lowest of all values. It is equally evident that in white paint we...

Here the mode is changed and the combined sequences inverted. The combined sequences may be both in the same mode or in different modes. When the modes are different the sequenc...

In this case we have a repetition of the triad Red-Yellow-Blue, which, at a certain distance, ought to produce the effect of a middle neutral. The principle of these arrangement...

188. The method of study should be a combination of analysis with synthetic reproduction. Taking any instance of Order, whether in Nature or in some work of Art, the first thing...