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Six lectures on architecture (1917)

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Chicago, Ill., Pub. for the Art Institute of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press · leaf 251

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THE LANGUAGE OF FORM mathematics. Now every magic square contains a magic line, found by following the numbers in their natural order from square to square. These magic lines are often very interesting and even beautiful, exhibiting an intricate and unusual type … BOOK COVER DESIGN BASED ON THE KNIGHT’S TOUR OR MAGIC SQUARE OF EIGHT Fig. 20 of symmetry. Translated into curves and inter- laced, they are so strongly reminiscent of Celtic interlaces that it suggests the possibility that Celtic ornament may have been developed accord- ing to this method. Another…

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