. A short history of art . ze, but by thebeauty of their outlines and the harmony of their propor-tions. It is now a well-known fact that every line in theParthenon is a section of a circle; but the curves are so del-icate as to have remained unnoticed for centuries. There 78 A SHORT HISTORY OF ART is, perhaps, no better tribute to the merits of Greek artthan this very circumstance that we are conscious of thebeautiful without seeing the processes by which it is pro-duced. The prominent lines in Greek architecture werehorizontal and not vertical. Principles, not rules, governedthe architect, a
. A short history of art . ze, but by thebeauty of their outlines and the harmony of their propor-tions. It is now a well-known fact that every line in theParthenon is a section of a circle; but the curves are so del-icate as to have remained unnoticed for centuries. There 78 A SHORT HISTORY OF ART is, perhaps, no better tribute to the merits of Greek artthan this very circumstance that we are conscious of thebeautiful without seeing the processes by which it is pro-duced. The prominent lines in Greek architecture werehorizontal and not vertical. Principles, not rules, governedthe architect, as we see from the variations which he madefrom commonly received plans where circumstances re-quired it. Above all, Greek architecture was an organic whole, andnot an amalgamation of borrowed elements. It attemptedto express nothing by means of symbolism. All its formswere simple and easily understood, and appealed, therefore,not only to the man born and bred a Greek in the days ofPericles, but to all nations and all
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