Elements of plane and solid free-hand geometrical drawing, with lettering; and some elements of geometrical ornamental design, including the principals of harmonic angular ratios, etcIn three parts ..for draughtsmen and artisans; and teachers and students of industrial and mechanical drawing . t. I CUEVILINEAE GEOMETRIC BEAUTY. OVALS. 121 of compound forms, made by combining separately pleasingelementary forms. Moreover, as we have seen, very many ovals can inscribe thesame harmonic tiiangle. Thus, in various ways, it is evident,that, in the higher forms of curvilinear beauty, we departfurther
Elements of plane and solid free-hand geometrical drawing, with lettering; and some elements of geometrical ornamental design, including the principals of harmonic angular ratios, etcIn three parts ..for draughtsmen and artisans; and teachers and students of industrial and mechanical drawing . t. I CUEVILINEAE GEOMETRIC BEAUTY. OVALS. 121 of compound forms, made by combining separately pleasingelementary forms. Moreover, as we have seen, very many ovals can inscribe thesame harmonic tiiangle. Thus, in various ways, it is evident,that, in the higher forms of curvilinear beauty, we departfurther and further from the domain of rules alone, and thatthe principle of freedom (Art. 11) or intuitive perception ofbeaut} prevails; just as in music, a piece may be composed,strictly according to rules, and yet be utterly destitute ofbeauty, while another may be very beautiful, and yet the secretof its beauty be inexpressible by any rule. Hence, for all purposes of application of the ovals here de-scribed, it is sufficient to direct the designer to construct a largenumber of them on card-board, classifying them according tothe distinctions given in Art. (78), and then to combine themtangentially to each other, or intersecting each other also, as inPI. XII., until the outline formed by thei
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