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 .. . essivestyle of architecture that has thusfar been devised by man. Its pin-nacles, with their bud-like finials,denote upward growth; its windowshave leaf-like arches, unequaled for strength ; its vaulted ceilings,sustained by pillars which branch off like trees, are built seem-ingly for eternity, while in ev
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 .. . essivestyle of architecture that has thusfar been devised by man. Its pin-nacles, with their bud-like finials,denote upward growth; its windowshave leaf-like arches, unequaled for strength ; its vaulted ceilings,sustained by pillars which branch off like trees, are built seem-ingly for eternity, while in every di-rection the curved flower and leaf-work proclaim nature as the divinemodel which it aims to copy. gives a portion of a fine Gothicedifice which is a celebrated seat oflearning. It shows a variety of con-trasts of height, of direction, of size,of light and shadow, as well as variousgradations of size and direction, andan admirable analogical harmonv inthe midst of its great diversity. Thespirit of the Gothic style is to beau-tify utility, as Pugin expresses it; forwhen it ornaments such features aspointed arches, buttresses, and eventowers and pinnacles, it deals withthat which is eminently strength-giv-ing, whereas when the Grecian style Fig. 10,3. Eton Hail, 46 HARMONIC LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE. rears its immense columns and lofty porticos, it works for meredisplay, for these columns are useless in protecting either fromthe storm or from too great heat of the sun. The Gothic Archi-tecture is sometimes called Christian, from its heaven-pointingstyle, but as other religions also aspire after divinity and heaven,they have an equal right to it, especially as the Mohammedansare known to have used the pointed arch and upward aspiringminarets in 780, or something like four centuries beforethe Gothic was adopted by Christians. Figures 104 and 105
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