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- 97-Grecian Roof regions, while the Chinese is the most graceful, but is dotted lines on the outside of fig. 98 show the modificationof the Gothic, called the French or Mansard roof, and is espe-cially well adapted to residences. The dotted lines in fig. 99show a more graceful modification of t
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- 97-Grecian Roof regions, while the Chinese is the most graceful, but is dotted lines on the outside of fig. 98 show the modificationof the Gothic, called the French or Mansard roof, and is espe-cially well adapted to residences. The dotted lines in fig. 99show a more graceful modification of the same, having both gra-dation and contrast, while the other has contrast mainly. Fig. 1 oi, shows a cottage in this style,which I have copied from GodeysLadys Book. It is graceful andspirited. The dotted lines in thecenter of fig. 98 show how a spireis only a steeper Gothic roof. Inthe mere outlines of roofs, theGrecian has but a feeble contrastof direction and no gradation, theGothic a spirited contrast, the. Chinese both contrast and grada- Fig. 101. Cottage with Mansard Roof, tion, while the Oriental has a death-like unity, wholly lacking indiversity. The simplest form of a Greek building with its lowroof and rectangular windows (fig. 82), has contrasts but no gra-dation. This, of course, was too unbeautiful for the finer build-ings, and so pillars, with their flutings and volutes and leaf-workadded gradation, as did also the statuary and other sculpturedforms which were placed under the roof. In the common Greekedifice contrast rules, and that of rather feeble character, al-though when modified, as in fig. 102, gradation and contrast arecombined, with gradation and grace as the analogical feature. THE LAW OF PERFECTION. 45
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