The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture . s ~ ~ DETAILS FI^MTHETEMP1£ OFAPOUDNEAI^ MILETUS-- «8 the presentment of the truth that identity does not exclude law is binding, yet the will is free: all men are brothers, bound by theties of brotherhood, yet each is unique, a free agent, and never so free as Ill CHANGELESS CHANGE 41 THE/ LAW OF DIVE/EiSITY IN MONOTONY. cxuJOUfWD m the. lowtR; arovdr of the. pisa cathBCEiAL. tor/ tiM. raoM FKOP&SSOB. OOCOYTjyWS 5UBVEV OP THE. 50UTH \AWLL OP THI. PISA. GOTHEDRAL. JHOWINO VAJblATION IN HEJOHT^AND WUrrW a? T
The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture . s ~ ~ DETAILS FI^MTHETEMP1£ OFAPOUDNEAI^ MILETUS-- «8 the presentment of the truth that identity does not exclude law is binding, yet the will is free: all men are brothers, bound by theties of brotherhood, yet each is unique, a free agent, and never so free as Ill CHANGELESS CHANGE 41 THE/ LAW OF DIVE/EiSITY IN MONOTONY. cxuJOUfWD m the. lowtR; arovdr of the. pisa cathBCEiAL. tor/ tiM. raoM FKOP&SSOB. OOCOYTjyWS 5UBVEV OP THE. 50UTH \AWLL OP THI. PISA. GOTHEDRAL. JHOWINO VAJblATION IN HEJOHT^AND WUrrW a? TH6 AEjCH&S of TH£ AEORDE.; ANDTHE dip of TH£ 5TIUNO COUasi. AfiOVI.—• 29 when most bound by the Good Law. This truth nature beautifully pro-claims, and art also. In architecture it is admirably exemplified in themetopes of the Parthenon frieze: seen at a distance these must havepresented a scarcely distinguishable texture of sunlit marble and cool shadow,yet in reality, each is a separate work of art. So with the capitals of thecolumns of the wonderful sea-arcade of the Venetian Ducal palace: alike ingeneral contour they differ widely in detail, and unfold a Bible story. InGothic cathedrals, in Romanesque monastery cloisters, a teeming variety ofinvention is hidden beneath apparent uniformity. The gargoyles of NotreDame make similar silhouettes against the sky, but seen near at hand, whata menagerie of monsters! The same spi
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