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Rule 4. The apex of pyramidal figures in trie air may
be acute ; but the figure of lower masses are better obtuse ;
and oblique positions sometimes produce a more agreeable
character by being curved.
Rule 5. All Characters receive their good effect from
contrast. The pyramidal requires the perpendicular and
horizontal; and even the appearance of curves is necessary
to oppose the strait: and so of all.
Rule 6. Parallel positions, various in length and dis-
tance, repeated often, form a pleasing Character. The
contrast here should be striking and simple.
Rule 7. Connected curves of various magnitude, un-
dulating obliquely across, or converging perspectively;
or bold curves forming a spiral appearance, diminishing
in distance, separately form good Characters.
Rule 8. Character, and the forms that produce Cha-
racter, may be represented by one object, or by a com-
bination of objects ; but in this combination one should
be principal, the rest various.
Rule 9. Character, though decided, should not be
abrupt or formal; but artfully separated by intervening
circumstances which nature generally provides.
Rule 10. The more simple, distinct and entire the
Character, with its fit contrasts and varieties, remember-
ing at the same time the above rule, the more will it
engage admiration.
Rule 4. The apex of pyramidal figures in trie air may
be acute ; but the figure of lower masses are better obtuse ;
and oblique positions sometimes produce a more agreeable
character by being curved.
Rule 5. All Characters receive their good effect from
contrast. The pyramidal requires the perpendicular and
horizontal; and even the appearance of curves is necessary
to oppose the strait: and so of all.
Rule 6. Parallel positions, various in length and dis-
tance, repeated often, form a pleasing Character. The
contrast here should be striking and simple.
Rule 7. Connected curves of various magnitude, un-
dulating obliquely across, or converging perspectively;
or bold curves forming a spiral appearance, diminishing
in distance, separately form good Characters.
Rule 8. Character, and the forms that produce Cha-
racter, may be represented by one object, or by a com-
bination of objects ; but in this combination one should
be principal, the rest various.
Rule 9. Character, though decided, should not be
abrupt or formal; but artfully separated by intervening
circumstances which nature generally provides.
Rule 10. The more simple, distinct and entire the
Character, with its fit contrasts and varieties, remember-
ing at the same time the above rule, the more will it
engage admiration.