Word: centrally
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...followed in decorative architecture are symmetry, repetition, contrast, regular distribution and radiation. Of these, symmetry contrast and radiation are the most essential to effective ornamentation. The principle of radiation is best illustrated in natural objects, such as shells and leaves, in which the lines radiating from the central point or stem are clearly marked...
...chemical laboratory which is being built at the University of Pennsylvania is very near completion. It will have two wings of two stories each and a central building of three stories. In equipment it will be one of the most complete buildings of its kind among the colleges...
Among our own illustrators, Dana Gibson and Abbey often eliminate from their pictures everything but the central figures. These tell the story, and tell it well, and furniture and surroundings would add little or nothing to the effect...
...support the idea with the greatest enthusiasm when once they see the appropriateness of such a fund; and we are assured by a prominent graduate that men who have left the University in the last few years will be deeply interested in the matter. Mr. Bolles had as the central idea and the chief motive of his life here at Harvard, the support of everything which tended to build up the University and to make it better and nobler. And in his support he included movements started by the authorities, by the graduates, and by the undergraduates...
...first rule is always to have a centre of interest. Every detail must point towards the centre and must add rather than detract interest. When a good central subject has been chosen the next step is to find the point from which that subject may be most clearly brought forward. It is a good plan to make rough sketches from 10 or even 20 points, then lay them all out, and the most untrained can at once choose the best. The second rule is never to express in a painting more than the eye can take in at one glance...