. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. - desire to repre-sent, will usuallv cause a close observ^er to regard. 78 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE. these principles when depictin<^ natural scenery orhuman figures; but they are equally applicable whenconstructing buildings. The most ordinarily acceptedclassification made of the different styles of these isaccording to their bridging of openings or spacesby straight lines, curves, or angles, which three methodsare supposed to indicate the differences between thearchitecture of
. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. - desire to repre-sent, will usuallv cause a close observ^er to regard. 78 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE. these principles when depictin<^ natural scenery orhuman figures; but they are equally applicable whenconstructing buildings. The most ordinarily acceptedclassification made of the different styles of these isaccording to their bridging of openings or spacesby straight lines, curves, or angles, which three methodsare supposed to indicate the differences between thearchitecture of the Greek horizontal entablature, of theByzantine or Romanesque round arch, and of the Gothicpointed arch. But notice that straight lines abound in allthese forms, the horizontal ones in Greek architecturebeing no more prominent than the vertical ones in Gothicarchitecture. It is well to observe, too, that of all archi-tecture appealing to the emotions the latter does this inthe most powerfully effective way, for the reason notoften noticed that in it alone is it customary to blendall the possibilities of outline. Sometimes there are noprominent curves in Greek bui
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