...from proportion, which, in the Greek language, is termed analogy. Proportion is the comraensuration of the various constituent parts with the whole ;...of composition in which symmetry and proportion are disregardeii, nor unless there exists that perfect COM CONCRETE. CON conformation of parts which may...

...importance of the human figure, as a type of beauty, has in all times been recognised. Yitruvius says, ' No building can possess the attributes of composition,...unless there exists that perfect conformation of parts whidi may be observed in a well-formed human being. So the members of architecture may be said to depend,...

...commensuration of the various parts with the whole, in the existence of which symmetry is found to exist. For no building can possess the attributes of composition...perfect conformation of parts which may be observed in a well formed human being. . . . Since, therefore, the human frame appears to have been formed with such...