The principles of light and color: including among other things the harmonic laws of the universe, the etherio-atomic philosophy of force, chromo chemistry, chromo therapeutics, and the general philosophy of the fine forces, together with numerous discoveries and practical applications .. . Fig. 81. Catskill MountainHouse. Fig. 82. Grecian Fig. S3. Reman HARMONY OF ANALOGY. 33 taken from Ruskins Stones of Venice, has an analogical har-mony in the great general outline of its beautiful Roman arches,although every arch, as will be seen, has an entirely differentstyle of ornament
The principles of light and color: including among other things the harmonic laws of the universe, the etherio-atomic philosophy of force, chromo chemistry, chromo therapeutics, and the general philosophy of the fine forces, together with numerous discoveries and practical applications .. . Fig. 81. Catskill MountainHouse. Fig. 82. Grecian Fig. S3. Reman HARMONY OF ANALOGY. 33 taken from Ruskins Stones of Venice, has an analogical har-mony in the great general outline of its beautiful Roman arches,although every arch, as will be seen, has an entirely differentstyle of ornamentation from every other arch, and each pillardifferently sculptured capitals, while the space above is filledwith constantly diversified figures. Mediocrity clamors for adead sameness of all windows of a building, or of all ornamentalfeatures, or of all pillars, and would balance one tower on oneside of a building with another absolutely similar to it on theother side, just as mediocrity in the world of fashion aims at aslavish imitation of some style which is supposed to be a lamode, however foolish, unbeautiful, destructive of health, or lack-ing in adaptation it may be. Genius, however, while carryingout a general analogical spirit, is so rich in resources of creation. Fig. 84. Romanesque Arches from St. Michele of Lucca. or invention as to develop endless diversity in the midst of hisunity, in imitation of nature itself. In fig. 85, we have a speci-men of Gothic architecture withits pointed arches, being thedoorway of Holyrood Abbey,England, while fig. 86 showssome of the windows in the samestructure. It will be seen thatthe windows in each story arehighly different in plan and yetentirely harmonious in effect,not only with themselves butwith the doorway, and even the
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